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New articulated asteroids (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and ophiuroids (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Late Jurassic (Volgian / Tithonian) of central Spitsbergen

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Rousseau, Julie, Gale, Andrew Scott, Thuy, Ben (2018): New articulated asteroids (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and ophiuroids (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Late Jurassic (Volgian / Tithonian) of central Spitsbergen. European Journal of Taxonomy 411: 1-26, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.411

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