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Original Articles

A new species of the artiopodan arthropod Acanthomeridion from the lower Cambrian Chengjiang Lagerstätte, China, and the phylogenetic significance of the genus

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Pages 733-740 | Received 15 Jan 2016, Accepted 22 Aug 2016, Published online: 28 Sep 2016

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