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Article: Paterimitra pyramidalis from South Australia: scleritome, shell structure and evolution of a lower Cambrian stem group brachiopod

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2014
Page(s): 417 – 446
Author(s): <p>Cecilia M. Larsson, Christian B. Skovsted, Glenn A. Brock, Uwe Balthasar, Timothy P. Topper and Lars E. Holmer</p>
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LARSSON, C. M., SKOVSTED, C. B., BROCK, G. A., BALTHASAR, U., TOPPER, T. P., HOLMER, L. E. 2014. Paterimitra pyramidalis from South Australia: scleritome, shell structure and evolution of a lower Cambrian stem group brachiopod. Palaeontology, 57, 2, 417–446. doi: 10.1111/pala.12072

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  • Cecilia M. Larsson - Department of Earth Sciences, Palaeobiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
  • Christian B. Skovsted - Department of Palaeozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Glenn A. Brock - Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Uwe Balthasar - School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
  • Timothy P. Topper - Geological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Lars E. Holmer - Department of Earth Sciences, Palaeobiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 15 MAR 2014
  • Article first published online: 7 OCT 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 24 JUN 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 19 JUN 2012

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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Swedish Research Council. Grant Numbers: VR 2009-4395, 2012-1658
Australian Research Council Discovery Project. Grant Number: #DP 120104251
Volkswagen Foundation and the EU-Synthesys. Grant Number: SE-TAF-1001
Macquarie University Research Grants and the Wenner-Gren Foundation
Carlsberg Foundation Grant
Uppsala University

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