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Issue: Vol. 5343 No. 1: 6 Sept. 2023
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2023-09-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.1.6
Page range: 91-97
Abstract views: 214
PDF downloaded: 14

Identification of ancient Cladocera-like fossils requires homologies: The Jurassic Kuqaia is not a Waterflea

Department of Forest Botany; Dendrology and Geobiocoenology; Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology; Mendel University in Brno; Brno; Czechia
Crustacea Cladocera-like fossils Kuqaia

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