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Red Devonian trilobites with green eyes from Morocco and the silicification of the trilobite exoskeleton

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Klug, Christian, Schulz, Hartmut, Baets, Kenneth De (2009): Red Devonian trilobites with green eyes from Morocco and the silicification of the trilobite exoskeleton. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 (1): 117-123, DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0112, URL: http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app54-117.html

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