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Article: Testing for a decline in diversity prior to extinction: Languedocian (latest mid-Cambrian) distribution of cinctans (Echinodermata) in the Iberian Chains, NE Spain

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2010
Page(s): 1349 – 1368
Author(s): <p>Samuel Zamora and J. Javier &Aacute;lvaro</p>
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ZAMORA, S., ÁLVARO, J. 2010. Testing for a decline in diversity prior to extinction: Languedocian (latest mid-Cambrian) distribution of cinctans (Echinodermata) in the Iberian Chains, NE Spain. Palaeontology, 53, 6, 1349–1368.

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