An abnormal specimen of the Silurian anomalocystitid mitrate Placocystites forbesianus

Palaeontology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 173-182

  Ruta, Marcello ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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