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Article: A tiny eye indicating a planktonic trilobite

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2010
Page(s): 695 701
Author(s): Brigitte Schoenemann, Euan N. K. Clarkson, Per Ahlberg and María E. D. Álvarez
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SCHOENEMANN, B., CLARKSON, E. N. K., AHLBERG, P., ÁLVAREZ, M. E. D. 2010. A tiny eye indicating a planktonic trilobite. Palaeontology53, 4, 695–701.

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