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Article: The earliest known strophomenoids (Brachiopoda) from early Middle Ordovician rocks Of South China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2013
Page(s): 1121 – 1148
Author(s): Zhan Renbin, Jin Jisuo, Rong Jiayu and Liang Yan
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RENBIN, Z., JISUO, J., JIAYU, R., YAN, L. 2013. The earliest known strophomenoids (Brachiopoda) from early Middle Ordovician rocks Of South China. Palaeontology, 56, 5, 1121–1148.

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