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Article: The biological affinity of Amsassia: new evidence from the Ordovician of North China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2014
Page(s): 1067 – 1089
Author(s): <p>Ning Sun, Robert J. Elias and Dong-Jin Lee</p>
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SUN, N., ELIAS, R.J. and LEE, D.-J. 2014. The biological affinity of Amsassia: new evidence from the Ordovician of North China. Palaeontology, 57, 5, 1067–1089. doi: 10.1111/pala.12106

Author Information

  • Ning Sun - School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China (email: nsun@cugb.edu.cn)
  • Robert J. Elias - Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (email: eliasrj@cc.umanitoba.ca)
  • Dong-Jin Lee - Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University, Andong, Korea (email: djlee@andong.ac.kr)
  • Dong-Jin Lee - College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 12 SEP 2014
  • Article first published online: 31 MAR 2014
  • Manuscript Accepted: 13 FEB 2014
  • Manuscript Received: 15 OCT 2013

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National Research Foundation of Korea
Korea Government. Grant Number: 2012-005612
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

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