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Biological Inclusions in Amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska

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  • 1. Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
  • 2. Department of Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania.
  • 3. Department of Biology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark.
  • 4. Department of Earth & Environment, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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Grimaldi, David A., Sunderlin, David, Aaroe, Georgene A., Dempsky, Michelle R., Parker, Nancy E., Tillery, George Q., White, Jaclyn G., Barden, Phillip, Nascimbene, Paul C., Williams, Christopher J. (2018): Biological Inclusions in Amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska. American Museum Novitates 2018 (3908): 1-37, DOI: 10.1206/3908.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3908.1

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