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Article: Deciphering the early evolution of echinoderms with Cambrian fossils

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2014
Page(s): 1105 – 1119
Author(s): Samuel Zamora and Imran A. Rahman
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ZAMORA, S., RAHMAN, I. A. 2014. Deciphering the early evolution of echinoderms with Cambrian fossils. Palaeontology, 57, 6, 1105-1119.

Publication History

  • Samuel Zamora - Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Zaragoza, Spain (email: s.zamora@igme.es)
  • Samuel Zamora - Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
  • Imran A. Rahman - School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK (email: imran.rahman@bristol.ac.uk)

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Ramón y Cajal. Grant Number: RYC-2012-10576
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Grant Number: CGL2013-48877
1851 Royal Commission Research Fellowship

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