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Article: Evenness and diversity in Upper Cambrian – Lower Ordovician trilobite communities from the Central Andean Basin (Cordillera Oriental, Argentina)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2014
Page(s): 531 – 546
Author(s): <p>Diego Balseiro and Beatriz G. Waisfeld</p>
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BALSEIRO, D. and WAISFELD, B. G., 2014, Evenness and diversity in Upper Cambrian – Lower Ordovician trilobite communities from the Central Andean Basin (Cordillera Oriental, Argentina), Palaeontology, 57, 3, 531–546. doi: 10.1111/pala.12075

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  • Diego Balseiro - CICTERRA, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina (email: d.balseiro@conicet.gov.ar)
  • Beatriz G. Waisfeld - CIPAL, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina (email: bwaisfeld@com.uncor.edu)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 7 MAY 2014
  • Article first published online: 8 OCT 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 3 AUG 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 18 MAR 2013

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