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A new thalassematid echiuran worm from the Middle Ordovician Castle Bank Biota of Wales, UK

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Botting, Joseph P., Muir, Lucy A. (2023): A new thalassematid echiuran worm from the Middle Ordovician Castle Bank Biota of Wales, UK. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 68 (4): 571-581, DOI: 10.4202/app.01107.2023, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.01107.2023

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