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Article: Nektaspid arthropods from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagersttäte, South Australia, with a reassessment of lamellipedian relationships

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2010
Page(s): 377 – 402
Author(s): <p>John R. Paterson, Gregory D. Edgecombe, Diego C. Garc&iacute;a-Bellido, James B. Jago and James G. Gehling</p>
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PATERSON, J. R., EDGECOMBE, G. D., GARC͍A-BELLIDO, D. C., JAGO, J. B., GEHLING, J. G. 2010. Nektaspid arthropods from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte, South Australia, with a reassessment of lamellipedian relationships. Palaeontology, 53, 2, 377–402.

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