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Article: New data on the enigmatic Ocruranus–Eohalobia group of Early Cambrian small skeletal fossils

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2009
Page(s): 1373 – 1396
Author(s): Michael J. Vendrasco, Guoxiang Li, Susannah M. Porter and Christine Z. Fernandez
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VENDRASCO, M. J., LI, G., PORTER, S. M., FERNANDEZ, C. Z. 2009. New data on the enigmatic Ocruranus–Eohalobia group of Early Cambrian small skeletal fossils. Palaeontology, 52, 6, 1373–1396.

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