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Article: A new arthropod resting trace and associated suite of trace fossils from the Lower Jurassic of Warwickshire, England

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2009
Page(s): 1099 – 1112
Author(s): Lorna J. O'Brien, Simon J. Braddy and Jonathan D. Radley
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O'BRIEN, L. J., BRADDY, S. J., RADLEY, J. D. 2009. A new arthropod resting trace and associated suite of trace fossils from the Lower Jurassic of Warwickshire, England. Palaeontology, 52, 5, 1099–1112.

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