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Article: Aspects of crinoid palaeontology of the North Esk Inlier, Scotland (Silurian, Llandovery, Telychian)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2011
Page(s): 241 – 252
Author(s): Stephen K. Donovan, Fiona E. Fearnhead, Euan N. K. Clarkson and Mark Donovan
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DONOVAN, S. K., FEARNHEAD, F. E., CLARKSON, E. N. K., DONOVAN, M. 2011. Aspects of crinoid palaeontology of the North Esk Inlier, Scotland (Silurian, Llandovery, Telychian). Palaeontology, 54, 2, 241–252.

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