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Trilobite moulting behaviour variability had little association with body proportions

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Drage, Harriet B. (2024): Trilobite moulting behaviour variability had little association with body proportions. Palaeontologia Electronica (a9) 27 (1): 1-25, DOI: 10.26879/1265, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1265

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