Interpreting the earliest metazoan fossils: What can we learn?

American Zoologist

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 975-982

  Waggoner, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 33746175354     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/38.6.975     Document Type: Article

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