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OFFICERS AND EDITORS OF THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY MARY SILCOX,
NADIA FRÖBISCH,
ARNOLD I. MILLER, Univ. of Cincinnati
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Univ. of Western Ontario
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Smithsonian Institution
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University of Wyoming
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JAN OVE EBBESTAD Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University
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Geological Survey of Spain RENBIN ZHAN,
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology,
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Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Offi ce
Paleobiology Senior Editor MARK PATZKOWSKY, Penn State Univ.
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Cover illustration: A representative selection of some Cambrian fossils presented in this Cambrian Explosion Special Issue. Central image: New radiodontan oral cone (NIGPAS 162529) from the Wulongqing Formation, Gaoloufang, in Kunming, eastern Yunnan Province, South China. Zeng et al., 2017, Fig. 2.1. Specimen 7 cm in diameter. Bottom leſt : Discinella micans (NFM F-2475) internal view from Middle Shale member, Forteau Formation, Fox Cove, southern Labrador. Skovsted and Topper 2017, Fig. 3.9. Specimen is 0.9 mm in diameter. Bottom right: Kutorgina chengjiangensis (ELI BK-064A) from the Chengjiang fauna of China. Holmer et al., 2017, Fig. 2.1. Specimen is 12 mm in diameter.
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