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Article: The first articulated specimen of Plumulites canadensis (Woodward, 1889) from the Upper Ordovician of Ontario, with a review of the anterior region of Plumulitidae (Annelida: Machaeridia)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2010
Page(s): 327 – 334
Author(s): Jakob Vinther and David Rudkin
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VINTHER, J., RUDKIN, D. 2010. The first articulated specimen of Plumulites canadensis (Woodward, 1889) from the Upper Ordovician of Ontario, with a review of the anterior region of Plumulitidae (Annelida: Machaeridia). Palaeontology, 53, 2, 327–334.

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