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Article: The Lower Cambrian eodiscoid trilobite Calodiscus lobatus from Sweden: morphology, ontogeny and distribution

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2009
Page(s): 491 – 539
Author(s): Peter Cederström, Per Ahlberg, Euan N. K. Clarkson, Carin H. Nilsson and Niklas Axheimer
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CEDERSTRÖM, P., AHLBERG, P., CLARKSON, E. N. K., NILSSON, C. H., AXHEIMER, N. 2009. The Lower Cambrian eodiscoid trilobite Calodiscus lobatus from Sweden: morphology, ontogeny and distribution. Palaeontology, 52, 3, 491–539.

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