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Article: Ontogeny and taphonomy: an experimental taphonomy study of the development of the brine shrimp Artemia salina

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2009
Page(s): 169 – 186
Author(s): Neil J. Gostling, Xiping Dong and Philip C. J. Donoghue
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GOSTLING, N. J., DONG, X., DONOGHUE, P. C. J. 2009. Ontogeny and taphonomy: an experimental taphonomy study of the development of the brine shrimp Artemia salina. Palaeontology, 52, 1, 169–186.

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