Characterization of Organics Consistent with β-Chitin Preserved in the Late Eocene Cuttlefish Mississaepia mississippiensis

Patricia G. Weaver; Larisa A. Doguzhaeva; Daniel R. Lawver; R. Christopher Tacker; Charles N. Ciampaglio; Jon M. Crate; Wenxia Zheng

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028195

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Characterization of Organics Consistent with β-Chitin Preserved in the Late Eocene Cuttlefish Mississaepia mississippiensis

Patricia G. Weaver ,

* E-mail: trish.weaver@ncdenr.gov

Affiliation Research and Collections, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Larisa A. Doguzhaeva,

Affiliation Department of Palaeozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
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Daniel R. Lawver,

Affiliation Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
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R. Christopher Tacker,

Affiliation Research and Collections, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Charles N. Ciampaglio,

Affiliation Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Celina, Ohio, United States of America
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Jon M. Crate,

Affiliation Analytical Chemistry, FAI Materials Testing Lab Incorporated, Marietta, Georgia, United States of America
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Wenxia Zheng

Affiliation Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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Characterization of Organics Consistent with β-Chitin Preserved in the Late Eocene Cuttlefish Mississaepia mississippiensis

Patricia G. Weaver,
Larisa A. Doguzhaeva,
Daniel R. Lawver,
R. Christopher Tacker,
Charles N. Ciampaglio,
Jon M. Crate,
Wenxia Zheng

Published: November 23, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028195

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