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The anatomy of Euphanerops longaevus Woodward, 1900, an anaspid-like jawless vertebrate from the Upper Devonian of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada

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  • 1. UMR 5143 du CNRS, "Paléobiodiversité et Paléoenvironnements", Département Histoire de la Terre, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, case postale 38, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) janvier@mnhn.fr and The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Musée d'Histoire naturelle, Parc national de Miguasha, CP 183, Nouvelle, Quebec GOC 2E0 (Canada) Marius.Arsenault@globetrotter.net

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Janvier, Philippe, Arsenault, Marius (2007): The anatomy of Euphanerops longaevus Woodward, 1900, an anaspid-like jawless vertebrate from the Upper Devonian of Miguasha, Quebec, Canada. Geodiversitas 29 (1): 143-216, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5377455

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