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Article: A new aglaspidid arthropod from the Upper Cambrian of Tasmania

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2010
Page(s): 1065 – 1076
Author(s): <p>Javier Ortega-Hern&aacute;ndez, Simon J. Braddy, James B. Jago and Peter W. Baillie</p>
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ORTEGA-HERNÁNDEZ, J., BRADDY, S. J., JAGO, J. B., BAILLIE, P. W. 2010. A new aglaspidid arthropod from the Upper Cambrian of Tasmania. Palaeontology, 53, 5, 1065–1076.

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