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Arguments, tests, and the Burgess Shale — a commentary on the debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2016

Daniel W. McShea
Daniel W. McShea*
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Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Matters of the Record
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Paleobiology , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , Fall 1993 , pp. 399 - 402
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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