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Article: Redescription of Hexaconularia He and Yang, 1986 (Lower Cambrian, South China): implications for the affinities of conulariid-like small shelly fossils

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2010
Page(s): 191 – 199
Author(s): Heyo Van Iten, Zhu Maoyan and Guoxiang Li
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ITEN, H., MAOYAN, Z., LI, G. 2010. Redescription of Hexaconularia He and Yang, 1986 (Lower Cambrian, South China): implications for the affinities of conulariid-like small shelly fossils. Palaeontology, 53, 1, 191–199.

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