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Article: Exceptionally preserved conulariids and an edrioasteroid from the Hunsrück Slate (Lower Devonian, SW Germany)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2010
Page(s): 403 – 414
Author(s): <p>Heyo Van Iten and Wouter H. S&uuml;dkamp</p>
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ITEN, H., SÜDKAMP, W. H. 2010. Exceptionally preserved conulariids and an edrioasteroid from the Hunsrück Slate (Lower Devonian, SW Germany). Palaeontology, 53, 2, 403–414.

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