[Rockhounds] Ethics of studying fossils from conflict zones

[Paul]

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scientific data”: the importance of private collections.

PalZ 94, 413–429 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-020-00522-x

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Saintta, E.T., 2020, The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's

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Yours,

Paul H.