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Himalayan Palaeontologie Database Polluted: Plagiarism and Other Anomalies


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1 Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
2 Dipartimento di Scienze delhi Terra, Universita degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 34, 20133 Milano, Italy
3 Queensland Museum, P. O. Box 300, South Brisbane, Qld 4101, Australia
4 Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-2812, United States
     

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Additional evidence is presented regarding spurious localities, plagiarised illustrations and other forms of disinformation injected into the Himalayan palaeontologie and stratigraphic database in the past 25 years, all connected with a single source.

Keywords

Himalaya, Pollution of Palaeontological Data Plagiarism.
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Authors

John A. Talent
Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
Glenn A. Brock
Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
Michael J. Engelbretsen
Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
Maurizio Gaetani
Dipartimento di Scienze delhi Terra, Universita degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 34, 20133 Milano, Italy
Peter A. Jell
Queensland Museum, P. O. Box 300, South Brisbane, Qld 4101, Australia
Ruth Mawson
Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
Ross C. Talent
Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
Gary D. Webster
Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-2812, United States

Abstract


Additional evidence is presented regarding spurious localities, plagiarised illustrations and other forms of disinformation injected into the Himalayan palaeontologie and stratigraphic database in the past 25 years, all connected with a single source.

Keywords


Himalaya, Pollution of Palaeontological Data Plagiarism.