Article: A 17-element conodont apparatus from the Soom Shale Lagerstätte (Upper Ordovician), South Africa
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
56
Part:
2
Publication Date:
March
2013
Page(s):
261
–
276
Author(s):
Richard J. Aldridge, Duncan J. E. Murdock, Sarah E. Gabbott and Johannes N. Theron
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