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Article: Mansuyia Sun, and Tsinania Walcott, from the Furongian of North China and the evolution of the trilobite family Tsinaniidae

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2014
Page(s): 269 – 282
Author(s): <p>Tae-Yoon Park, Ju Eon Kim, Seung-Bae Lee and Duck K. Choi</p>
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PARK, T.-Y., KIM, J. E., LEE S.-B., CHOI, D. K. 2014. Mansuyia Sun, and Tsinania Walcott, from the Furongian of North China and the evolution of the trilobite family Tsinaniidae. Palaeontology, 57, 2, 269–282. doi: 10.1111/pala.12065

Author Information

  • Tae-Yoon Park - Division of Polar Earth-System Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea (email: taeyoon.park@hotmail.com)
  • Ju Eon Kim - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (email: jueon-kim@hotmail.com)
  • Seung-Bae Lee - Exhibition Division II, Gwacheon National Science Museum, Gwacheon, Korea (email: sblee@mest.go.kr)
  • Duck K. Choi - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (email: dkchoi@snu.ac.kr)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 15 MAR 2014
  • Article first published online: 22 JUL 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 25 MAY 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 12 NOV 2012

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National Research Foundation of Korea
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Grant Numbers: PN12090, 2011–0013164

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