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Doushantuo Fossils: Life on the Eve of Animal Radiation. Xun-lai Yuan, Shu-hai Xiao, Lei-ming Yin, Andrew H. Knoll, Chuanming Zhou and Xi-nan Mu, eds. 2002. The University of Science and Technology of China Press, Hefei, 171 p. (In Chinese, with English summary) ISBN 7-312-01399-6/Q.32.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Zhe-Xi Luo
Zhe-Xi Luo*
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Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-4080 USA [email protected]
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 79 , Issue 5 , September 2005 , pp. 1040 - 1042
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