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Article: Ontogeny of the Upper Cambrian (Furongian) Olenid trilobite Protopeltura aciculate (Angelin, 1854) from Skane and Vastergotland, Sweden

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2012
Page(s): 887 – 901
Author(s): Kristina Månsson and Euan N. K. Clarkson
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MÃ…NSSON, K., CLARKSON, E. N. K. 2012. Ontogeny of the Upper Cambrian (Furongian) Olenid trilobite Protopeltura aciculate (Angelin, 1854) from Skane and Vastergotland, Sweden. Palaeontology, 55, 4, 887–901.

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