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Dynamics of the Ordovician Radiation: a comment on Westrop and Adrain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2016

Arnold I. Miller ,
Steven M. Holland ,
Mary L. Droser  and
Mark E. Patzkowsky
Arnold I. Miller
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Post Office Box 210013, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0013
Steven M. Holland
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2501
Mary L. Droser
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
Mark E. Patzkowsky
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802-2714
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Paleobiology , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , Fall 1998 , pp. 524 - 528
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