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Article: Oldest known Dicoelosia and Epitomyonia, deep water brachiopods from the Beiguoshan Formation (Middle Katian, Upper Ordovician), Shaanxi, north China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2011
Page(s): 907 – 922
Author(s): Jisuo Jin, Jiayu Rong and Renbin Zhan
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JIN, J., RONG, J., ZHAN, R. 2011. Oldest known Dicoelosia and Epitomyonia, deep water brachiopods from the Beiguoshan Formation (Middle Katian, Upper Ordovician), Shaanxi, north China. Palaeontology, 54, 4, 907–922.

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