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Article: Experimentally observed soft-tissue preservation near a marine brine seep

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2013
Page(s): 893 900
Author(s): Bradley Deline and Karla M. Parsons-Hubbard
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DELINE, B., PARSONS-HUBBARD, K. M. 2013. Experimentally observed soft-tissue preservation near a marine brine seep. Palaeontology56, 4, 893–900.

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