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Article: The anatomy, taphonomy, taxonomy and systematic affinity of Markuelia: Early Cambrian to Early Ordovician scalidophorans

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2010
Page(s): 1291 – 1314
Author(s): Xi-Ping Dong, Stefan Bengtson, Neil J. Gostling, John A. Cunningham, Thomas H. P. Harvey, Artem Kouchinsky, Anatoly K. Val'kov, John E. Repetski, Marco Stampanoni, Federica Marone and Philip C. J. Donoghue
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DONG, X., BENGTSON, S., GOSTLING, N. J., CUNNINGHAM, J. A., HARVEY, T. H. P., KOUCHINSKY, A., VAL'KOV, A. K., REPETSKI, J. E., STAMPANONI, M., MARONE, F., DONOGHUE, P. C. J. 2010. The anatomy, taphonomy, taxonomy and systematic affinity of Markuelia: Early Cambrian to Early Ordovician scalidophorans. Palaeontology, 53, 6, 1291–1314.

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