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Article: Crystallographic orientations of structural elements in skeletons of Syringoporicae (tabulate corals, Carboniferous): implications for biomineralization processes in Palaeozoic corals

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 58
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2015
Page(s): 111 – 132
Author(s): Ismael Coronado, Alberto Pérez-Huerta and Sergio Rodríguez
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CORONADO, I., PÉREZ-HUERTA, A., RODRÍGUEZ, S. 2015. Crystallographic orientations of structural elements in skeletons of Syringoporicae (tabulate corals, Carboniferous): implications for biomineralization processes in Palaeozoic corals. Palaeontology, 58, 1, 111-132.

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  • Ismael Coronado - Departamento de Paleontología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (email: ismael.coronado@geo.ucm.es)
  • Alberto Pérez-Huerta - Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA (email: aphuerta@as.ua.edu)
  • Sergio Rodríguez - Instituto de Geociencias (IGEO, CSIC-UCM), Madrid, Spain (email: sergrodr@geo.ucm.es)
  • Sergio Rodríguez - Departamento de Paleontología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 7 JAN 2015
  • Article first published online: 5 SEP 2014
  • Manuscript Accepted: 15 JUL 2014
  • Manuscript Received: 6 MAY 2014

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Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Grant Number: CGL2012-30922BTE
Complutense University Research Group. Grant Number: 910231
FPI-UCM 2 Grant
Synthesis Grant

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