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Article: First decapod crustaceans in a Late Devonian continental ecosystem

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2014
Page(s): 1203 – 1213
Author(s): Pierre Gueriau, Sylvain Charbonnier and Gaël Clément
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GUERIAU, P., CHARBONNIER, S., CLEMENT, G. 2014. First decapod crustaceans in a Late Devonian continental ecosystem. Palaeontology, 57, 6, 1203-1213.

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  • Pierre Gueriau - CR2P, UMR 7207 – CNRS, MNHN, Paris Cedex 05, France (email: gueriau@mnhn.fr)
  • Pierre Gueriau - IPANEMA, USR 3461 – CNRS, MCC – BP48, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • Sylvain Charbonnier - CR2P, UMR 7207 – CNRS, MNHN, Paris Cedex 05, France  (email: scharbonnier@mnhn.fr)
  • Gaël Clément - CR2P, UMR 7207 – CNRS, MNHN, Paris Cedex 05, France  (email: gclement@mnhn.fr))

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 25 NOV 2014
  • Article first published online: 23 APR 2014
  • Manuscript Accepted: 7 MAR 2014
  • Manuscript Received: 20 DEC 2013

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French National Agency for Research TERRES. Grant Number: ANR-2010-BLAN-607-03

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