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Article: New palaeoscolecid worms from the Furongian (upper Cambrian) of Hunan, South China: is Markuelia an embryonic palaeoscolecid?

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2012
Page(s): 613 – 622
Author(s): Baichuan Duan, Xi-Ping Dong and Philip C. J. Donoghue
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DUAN, B., DONG, X., DONOGHUE, P. C. J. 2012. New palaeoscolecid worms from the Furongian (upper Cambrian) of Hunan, South China: is Markuelia an embryonic palaeoscolecid?. Palaeontology, 55, 3, 613–622.

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