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Article: Origin and early diversification of the phylum Cnidaria Verrill: major developments in the analysis of the taxon's Proterozoic–Cambrian history

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2014
Page(s): 677 – 690
Author(s): <p>Heyo Van Iten, Antonio C. Marques, Juliana de Moraes Leme, Mirian L. A. Forancelli Pacheco and Marcello Guimaraes Sim&otilde;es</p>
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VAN ITEN, H., MARQUES, A.C., LEME, J.D.M., PACHECO, M.L.A.F., SIMÕES, M.G., 2014, Origin and early diversification of the phylum Cnidaria Verrill: major developments in the analysis of the taxon's Proterozoic–Cambrian history. Palaeontology, 57, 4, 677–690. doi: 10.1111/pala.12116

Author Information

  • Heyo Van Iten - Department of Geology, Hanover College, Hanover, IN, USA (email: vaniten@hanover.edu)
  • Heyo Van Iten - Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
  • Antonio C. Marques - Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (email: marques@ib.usp.br)
  • Antonio C. Marques - Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Sebastião, Brazil
  • Juliana de Moraes Leme - Departamento de Geologia Sedimentar e Ambiental, Instituto de Geosciências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (email: leme@usp.br)
  • Mirian L. A. Forancelli Pacheco - Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos – Campus Sorocaba Rodovia João Leme dos Santos (SP-264), Brazil (email: forancelli@ufscar.br)
  • Marcello Guimaraes Simões - Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, IB, UNESP, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil (email: profmgsimoes@gmail.com)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 14 JUL 2014
  • Article first published online: 21 MAY 2014
  • Manuscript Accepted: 11 APR 2014
  • Manuscript Received: 19 FEB 2014

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FAPESP. Grant Number: 2011/50242-5
CNPq. Grant Numbers: 562143/2010-6, 305805/2013-4

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