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Article: Early Miocene Mollusca from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (ANDRILL 2A drill core), with a review of Antarctic Oligocene and Neogene Pectinidae (Bivalvia)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2014
Page(s): 299 – 342
Author(s): <p>Alan Beu&nbsp;and Marco Taviani</p>
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BEU, A., TAVIANI, M. 2014. Early Miocene Mollusca from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (ANDRILL 2A drill core), with a review of Antarctic Oligocene and Neogene Pectinidae (Bivalvia). Palaeontology, 57, 2, 299–342. doi: 10.1111/pala.12067

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  • Alan Beu - GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (email: a.beu@gns.cri.nz)
  • Marco Taviani - Istituto de Scienze Marine-CNR, Bologna, Italy (email: marco.taviani@bo.ismar.cnr.it)
  • Marco Taviani - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA, USA 

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 15 MAR 2014
  • Article first published online: 10 SEP 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 25 JUN 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 3 APR 2012

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ANDRILL Project

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