The Neogene biota of the Transantarctic Mountains
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Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, U.S.A. ([email protected]; [email protected]) Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, U.S.A. ([email protected]) 1930 Bunkhouse Drive, Jackson, WY 83001, U.S.A. ([email protected]) Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3141 ([email protected]) School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK ([email protected]) NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, U.K. ([email protected]) Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, U.K. ([email protected]) GNS Science, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand. ([email protected]) Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K. ([email protected]) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada ([email protected])
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