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Library
Library: The NIGPAS library, founded in 1953, now houses over 280,000 volumes of professional books and tomes on palaeontology and stratigraphy. Among these are included approximately 200,000 volumes of foreign journals of nearly 2000 various titles, some of which were published before the 2... |
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Publications
Publications:NIGPAS sponsors publication of four peer-reviewed academic journals (Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica, Journal of Stratigraphy, and Palaeoworld) and one popular magazine, Evolution of Life. The Institute also publishes several irregular serials, such... |
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Fossil Repository
Fossil Repository: The fossil repository was developed out of the repository room of the former Institute of Geology, Academia Sinica (founded 1928). The collection currently contains over 200,000 pieces of invertebrate and plant fossils. Among them, 160,000 pieces are type specimens of high... |
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