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Original Articles

Morphology, ontogeny and distribution of the Cambrian Series 2 ellipsocephalid trilobite Strenuaeva spinosa from Scandinavia

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Pages 157-171 | Received 20 Jun 2012, Accepted 31 Jul 2012, Published online: 13 Sep 2012

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