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Ordovician Petraster Billings, 1858 (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) and early asteroid skeletal differentiation

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  • 1. Departement of Earth Sciences and Environmental Change, University of Illinois, 3081 NHB, 1301 West Green Street, 61801 Urbana, IL (United States)
  • 2. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, ENSL, CNRS, LGL-TPE, 43 boulevard du 11 Novembre, F-69622 Villeurbanne (France)

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Blake, Daniel B., Lefebvre, Bertrand (2024): Ordovician Petraster Billings, 1858 (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) and early asteroid skeletal differentiation. Comptes Rendus Palevol 23 (17): 217-239, DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a17, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a17

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