Fossil preservation in the Burgess Shale

Lethaia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 107-108

  Towe, Kenneth M ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 0000483446     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01844.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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