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Article: First record of a bivalved larval shell in Early Cambrian tommotiids and its phylogenetic significance

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2011
Page(s): 235 – 239
Author(s): Lars E. Holmer, Christian B. Skovsted, Cecilia Larsson, Glenn A. Brock and Zhifei Zhang
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HOLMER, L. E., SKOVSTED, C. B., LARSSON, C., BROCK, G. A., ZHANG, Z. 2011. First record of a bivalved larval shell in Early Cambrian tommotiids and its phylogenetic significance. Palaeontology, 54, 2, 235–239.

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