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Article: The canal system in sclerites of Lower Cambrian Sinosachites (Halkieriidae: Sachitida): significance for the molluscan affinities of the sachitids

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2009
Page(s): 689 – 712
Author(s): Jakob Vinther
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VINTHER, J. 2009. The canal system in sclerites of Lower Cambrian Sinosachites (Halkieriidae: Sachitida): significance for the molluscan affinities of the sachitids. Palaeontology, 52, 4, 689–712.

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