The geozoic supereon

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Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 251-255

  Kowalewski, MichaŁ ^a   Payne, Jonathan L ^b   Smith, Felisa A ^c   Wang, Steve C ^b,d   McShea, Daniel W ^e   Xiao, Shuhai ^a   Novack Gottshall, Philip M ^f   McClain, Craig R ^g   Krause Jr , Richard A ^h   Boyer, Alison G ^h   Finnegan, Seth ⁱ   Lyons, S Kathleen ^j   Stempien, Jennifer A ^k   Alroy, John ^l   Spaeth, Paula A ^m  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^k WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^m NORTHLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOZOIC; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBIOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 79955865773     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2011.S03     Document Type: Article

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