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Article: Chancelloriid sclerites from the Lower Cambrian (Meishucunian) of eastern Yunnan, China, and the early history of the group

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2014
Page(s): 833 – 878
Author(s): <p>John L. Moore, Guoxiang Li and Susannah M. Porter</p>
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MOORE, J. L., LI, G., PORTER, S. M. 2014, Chancelloriid sclerites from the Lower Cambrian (Meishucunian) of eastern Yunnan, China, and the early history of the group. Palaeontology, 57, 4, 833–878. doi: 10.1111/pala.12090

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  • John L. Moore - Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (email: jlmoore@umail.ucsb.edu)
  • Guoxiang Li  - State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China (email: gxli@nigpas.ac.cn)
  • Susannah M. Porter - Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (email: porter@geol.ucsb.edu)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 14 JUL 2014
  • Article first published online: 2 JAN 2014
  • Manuscript Accepted: 11 NOV 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 27 FEB 2013

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Chinese Academy of Sciences. Grant Number: KZCX2-EW-115
Natural Science Foundation of China
Ministry of Science and Technology of China. Grant Number: 2013CB835000
Geological Society of America

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