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The Journal of Paleontology publishes original articles and notes on the systematics, phylogeny, paleoecology, paleogeography, and evolution of fossil organisms. It emphasizes specimen-based research and features high quality illustrations. All taxonomic groups are treated, including invertebrates, microfossils, plants, vertebrates, and ichnofossils.
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Soft tissues of the trilobite Palaeolenus douvillei from the early Cambrian Guanshan Biota, South China
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Buried and beyond: Permian trilobites of the shallow and deep
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Permian water fleas reinterpreted as oldest record of clitellate worm cocoons
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