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Article: Middle Ordovician Aporthophyla brachiopod fauna from the roof of the World, southern Tibet

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2014
Page(s): 141 – 170
Author(s): Renbin Zhan, David A. T. Harper, Jisuo Jin, Yan Liang, Jianbo Liu, Lars Stemmerik and Svend Stouge
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ZHAN, R., HARPER, D. A. T., JIN, J., LIANG, Y., LIU, J., STEMMERIK, L., STOUGE, S. 2014. Middle Ordovician Aporthophyla brachiopod fauna from the roof of the World, southern Tibet. Palaeontology, 57, 1, 141–170, doi: 10.1111/pala.12058

Author Information

  • Renbin Zhan - State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China (email: rbzhan@nigpas.ac.cn)
  • David A. T. Harper - Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, UK (email: david.harper@durham.ac.uk)
  • Jisuo Jin - Department of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada (email: jjin@uwo.ca)
  • Yan Liang - State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China (email: liangyan@nigpas.ac.cn)
  • Jianbo Liu - Institute of Paleontology and Paleoenvironment, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China (email: jbliu@pku.edu.cn)
  • Lars Stemmerik - Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark (email: ls@geo.ku.dk)
  • Svend Stouge - Natural History Museum of Denmark (Geological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark (email: svends@snm.ku.dk)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 6 JAN 2014
  • Article first published online: 8 OCT 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 20 MAY 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 26 JAN 2013

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National Natural Science Foundation of China. Grant Numbers: 40825006, 41221001, 41290260
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy
Carlsberg Foundation

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