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New microfossils from the neoproterozoic (Sinian) Doushantuo Formation, Wengan, Guizhou Province, southwestern China

Yuan Xunlai Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, 210008, China E-mail: [email protected]
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H.J. Hofmann Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing, 210008, China E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 189-222 | Received 01 Apr 1997, Published online: 27 Nov 2008

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