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Article: Redescription of Drepanopterus abonensis (Chelicerata: Eurypterida: Stylonurina) from the late Devonian of Portishead, UK

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2009
Page(s): 1113 – 1139
Author(s): James C. Lamsdell, Simon J. Braddy and O. Erik Tetlie
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LAMSDELL, J. C., BRADDY, S. J., TETLIE, O. 2009. Redescription of Drepanopterus abonensis (Chelicerata: Eurypterida: Stylonurina) from the late Devonian of Portishead, UK. Palaeontology, 52, 5, 1113–1139.

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