World summit on ancient microscopic fossils

Precambrian Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 1-3

  Schopf, J William ^a   Bottjer, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67650762441     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.06.001     Document Type: Editorial

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