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Research Article

Ontogeny and evolutionary significance of a new acrotretide brachiopod genus from Cambrian Series 2 of South China

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Pages 1569-1588 | Received 05 Mar 2020, Accepted 03 Jul 2020, Published online: 07 Aug 2020

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