Article: The ontogeny of cinctans (stem-group Echinodermata) as revealed by a new genus, Graciacystis, from the middle Cambrian of Spain
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
56
Part:
2
Publication Date:
March
2013
Page(s):
399
–
410
Author(s):
Samuel Zamora, Imran A. Rahman and Andrew B. Smith
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