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INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS
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Introduction
Palaeontologia Electronica
invites scholarly works dealing with all aspects
of paleontology or related biological disciplines. Original research articles,
monographs, methods papers, editorials, book reviews, or announcements are
welcome. Systematic treatments, including descriptions of new taxa, are also
welcome, and PE complies with the new ICZN and
ICBN requirements for valid publication of valid nomenclature. All articles are
peer-reviewed by external referees and reviews are vetted by the Associate and
Executive Editors. PE employs a double-blind review system, except where
reviewers choose to identify themselves. Accepted manuscripts are published as
hypertext markup language (HTML) documents on the World Wide Web, and are
accompanied by an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version for printing. Each issue of PE
(including all of its articles) is archived on CD-ROM and in print at 10
academic libraries, and is mirrored on 8 distributed servers.
Unlike many print-based journals,
Palaeontologia Electronica is highly graphical in both its format and
content. Authors are encouraged to make use of color in their figures and tables
and to include high-resolution digital images as illustrations. Moreover,
Palaeontologia Electronica encourages active experimentation with
animation, 2D and 3D modelling of morphologies, on-line access to databases, and
the creation of on-line data analysis tools. There is no page limit for articles
published in Palaeontologia Electronica and there are no page charges.
Each volume of Palaeontologia Electronica is available free-of-charge to
all persons with access to the WWW.
General
All manuscripts must be submitted in
well-written English. Either British or American English is acceptable, but
authors must be consistent in usage and spelling throughout. Authors submitting
new manuscripts should submit one embedded file, that contains all elements of
the manuscript except for animations, executables, and other dynamic files.
This manuscript file should
consist of the following
subdivisions, each prepared as a unit on separate pages within the document:
1. Title page with keywords; 2. Author listing and author affiliations; 3.
Manuscript text; 4. Acknowledgements; 5. References; 6. Captions; 7. Figures
(except animations); 8. Tables; and/or 9.
Appendices. Manuscripts may be submitted in either MS-Word or PDF formats - if
you cannot submit files in one of these formats, please contact one of the
executive editors for alternatives. For purposes of review, figures should be at
least 300 dpi. Individual files may not exceed 20 MB. If larger file sizes are critical to the
manuscript, please contact the Editors or the PEMSATS administrator to arrange
file transfer.
After manuscripts are accepted, authors will be asked to submit
separate files for text, figures, tables, and appendixes. Figures for
accepted manuscripts must be 600 dpi electronic postscript (.eps), Adobe
Illustrator (.ai), or Photoshop (.psd) files, and tables or appendices as
MS-Word, MS-Excel, or tab-delimited text. DO NOT include figures within the
text of accepted manuscripts.
DO NOT include figures within the text. All file names must be consistent with ISO 9660
standards for CD-ROM preparation (8 character names plus 3 character extensions;
e.g., mytext.txt).
Submissions
All
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Palaeontologia Electronica Manuscript Submission and Tracking
System (PEMSATS). At the time of submission, authors will be
requested to paste portions of their manuscript (Abstract, Title,
Short-form Title, Keywords, Copyright Assignment, Author Information), and the names and email addresses
at least three suggested reviewers with whom they have not previously
collaborated into the online system.
PLEASE NOTE: Specimens that are formally described and illustrated in
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- Double space the entire manuscript, including abstract, text,
references, as well as explanations of figures, tables, and appendices.
- Do not justify the right margin.
- Figures, tables, and appendices must be cited in consecutive order
in the text.
- Do not use footnotes.
Title Page
- Use a separate title page.
- The title should be short and informative. The title is left
justified and should be typed in capitals.
- Keywords should be provided for use in indexing and information
retrieval. Please provide up to 5 or 6 keywords indicating the main points
of your article. Separate the keywords by semicolons, so that subordinate
terms can follow a comma, e.g. "Cretaceous, Lower". The
Keyword Index to earlier issues of PE shows how your keywords will be
used. Also, it includes examples of unhelpful terms that have been provided
in the past, and which you should avoid, e.g. "computer", "evaluation",
"identification", methods". If you describe new taxa, please use the
keywords "new species", "new genus", etc., without giving the species or
genus names.
Example:
SETTLING VELOCITIES OF CRETACEOUS
GLOBIGERINIDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIASING IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
KEY WORDS: extinctions, Cretaceous-Tertiary,
K-T, plankton, microfossils
Author Page
- Use a separate page to
list the names of the authors, and their relevant contact information. If
the first author is not the corresponding author, please indicate so.
- Names of authors are
in capital and lowercase letters and left justified.
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Addresses are in capitals and lowercase
letters and left justified. Abbreviations are not used.
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Include biography and image
for each author.
Example:
Norman McLeod and R. Timothy
Patterson
Norman McLeod. Department of Palaeontology,
The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk
R. Timothy Patterson. Ottawa Carleton Geoscience
Centre and Department of Earth Sciences Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario,
K1S 5B6, Canada. tpatters@ccs.carleton.ca
Abstract
- The title ABSTRACT is written in capital letters and left justified
at the top of the page.
- On the next line an abstract no longer than 250 words must be
provided.
The abstract should provide pertinent details
of the research and conclusions. Authors should avoid statements such as "will
be discussed herein." Do not include references.
Multiple Language Abstracts
Upon acceptance or provisional acceptance of
revised manuscripts, abstracts in any of the languages published by PE may be
provided by the author. If the author cannot produce them, PE translators can
assist in preparing them after the manuscript has been accepted.
Plain-Language Summary
Upon acceptance or provisional acceptance,
revised manuscripts should include a Plain-Language Summary, written so as to be
easily understandable by non-paleontologists. This plain-language summary of the
findings reported should discuss their significance, any possible shortcomings,
and how they fit into the grander scheme of things. The Plain-Language Summary
should include also a glossary of specialized terms used, and their meanings, to
help the reader understand the technical article itself. The title of the
Plain-Language Summary should be a simplified version that captures the essence
of the full title. This title will also be used in the
Key Word Index.
It is our hope that authors will welcome this
opportunity to make their work and its significance accessible to a wider
public.
The Text
Palaeontologia Electronica
uses three levels of text headings: First Order
are all capitals, centered; Second Order are flush left, written in bold capital
and lowercase letters, on a line of their own; and Third Order are as second
order, but followed by a period and space, with the text continuing on the same
line.
Example:
INTRODUCTION (FIRST ORDER)
Biostratigraphic Ranges (Second
Order)
Cambrian Occurrences (Third Order).
Text continuing here...
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Stylistic Guide: Text
Usage
- Hyphenated words should be minimized; in general, hyphens should be
used to avoid ambiguity and difficult reading, but if misreading is
unlikely, the compound may be closed. An example of a necessary hyphen is:
"un-ionized" as opposed to "unionized." A dictionary should be consulted if
in doubt. Unit modifiers are hyphenated (e.g., "well-known occurrences"),
but authors should seek to avoid using long strings of unit modifiers (e.g.,
"quartz sand-filled cracks" is more clearly expressed as "cracks filled with
quartz sand").
- Do not break words at the right-hand margin.
- References to illustrative material within the text take initial
capitals (e.g., Table 1; Figure 1), but those from other publications take
all lowercase letters (e.g., Smith 1990, table 1; Jones 1992, figure 1).
Cited illustrations all from one figure are singular (e.g., Figure 1.1-1.4),
but those from different figures are plural (e.g., Figures 1.1, 4.2).
- Generic names are spelled out at the beginning of a sentence and
when used with "sp." Generic names may be abbreviated when used in the
combination of Genus cf.
species. Specific and
subspecific names should not be abbreviated.
- Formally proposed and accepted time and time-rock designations
(e.g., Middle Cambrian, Late Cretaceous) are capitalized, whereas informal
designations (e.g., middle Mesozoic, lower Eocene, middle Carboniferous,
early Atokan, late Cenomanian) are not.
- Only minimal use should be made of italics for emphasis. Taxonomic
names are italicized; do not italicize commonly used foreign words and any
other words found in standard English dictionaries.
- Use past tense for published works in the text: Jones (1986) noted
that....
- Do not add a space between the question mark and a generic name:
Rosalina?
- A comma should follow "i.e." and e.g."
- Any symbol that is not available in HTML 3 must be written out. For
instance, the delta symbol must be replaced with the word "delta."
- Do not use ampersand except where it forms part of the title of a
published book.
- Where appropriate, avoid
writing in the first person.
- Write out compass points, not NE, SW etc.
- Use USA, UK, USGS.
- Quoted words, phrases, and sentences run into the text are enclosed
in double quotation marks. Single quotation marks enclose quotations within
quotations; double quotations marks, quotations within these, and so on.
- Abbreviations for intervals of time may be used, as follows:
Ma (mega-annum), m.y. (million years), m.y.a. (millions years ago).
These terms are not interchangeable, and authors are advised to frame their
syntax and grammar to use these terms appropriately. Some suggested examples
follow:
ABSOLUTE AGE
Correct: The fossils indicate an age of 16 Ma.
Correct: The fossils indicate an age of 16 m.y.
Incorrect: The fossils indicate an age of 16 m.y.a.
Correct: The rocks are 16 m.y. old.
Incorrect: The rocks are 16 Ma.
Incorrect: The rocks are 16 m.y.a.
Correct: The rocks were deposited 16 m.y.a.
Incorrect: The rocks were deposited 16 Ma.
Incorrect: The rocks were deposited 16 m.y.
Correct: The age of the rocks is 16 Ma.
Incorrect: The age of the rocks is 16 my.
Incorrect: The age of the rocks is 16 mya.
INTERVAL OF TIME
Correct: The rocks were deposited during the interval from 14-16 m.y.a.
Correct: The rocks were deposited during the interval from 14-16 Ma.
*(presumes one is referring specifically to mega-annum).
Incorrect: The rocks were deposited during the interval from 14-16 m.y.
Correct: The rocks were deposited 14-16 m.y.a.
Incorrect: The rocks were deposited 14-16 m.y.
Incorrect: The rocks were deposited 14-16 Ma.
Stylistic Guide:
Usage of Numbers
- Whole numbers zero through nine are spelled out when they are cited
in the text, whereas numbers 10 and above are in Arabic numerals, except
that all numbers beginning a sentence are spelled out. Numbers less than 10
associated with an abbreviated unit of measurement are in Arabic numerals (5
km). Ordinal numbers are spelled out: during the twentieth century; the
twenty-fifth issue. If listed entries in a sentence are to be designated by
numbers, use the following format: 1)... ; 2)... ; 3).... Numbers are not
spelled out when they are used in relation to figures or tables.
- Decimals are used rather than fractions (2.5, not 2 1/2). Decimals
of absolute value less than one should include an initial zero (0.36).
- Percent is represented by its symbol (15% not 15 percent).
- Range can be given as "size is 17–33 mm"; however, "from" and
"between" take sentence form: "size varies from 17 to 33 mm" or "size varies
between 17 and 33 mm."
- All measurements must be provided in SI units, µm, mm,
cm, m, km, etc.
Periods generally are not used.
- Dates are expressed as in the following examples: January 1, 1995;
during the 1990s (not 1990's); from 1990 to 1995 (not 1990-1995, nor 1990 to
95, nor 1990-95).
- Parts of text figures should be indicated by numbers (i.e., Figure 6.23, 8.1,
9.5–100).
Stylistic Guide:
Literature Citations
A one-to-one correspondence must exist
between works cited in the text and those listed in the REFERENCES;
inconsistency in manuscripts is common, but computer word processing allows
authors to check references comparatively readily. Titles in press may be
included, but not manuscripts in review; theses and dissertations can be
included but should be avoided if data are published elsewhere. All papers cited
in conjunction with systematics, including attributions for taxonomic names,
must be included in the REFERENCES.
Stylistic Guide:
In
Text Citations
Single author: (Smith 1973).
Two authors: (Smith and Jones 1973).
Three or more authors: (Smith et al. 1973).
In press reference: (Smith, in press).
Personal communication: (Smith, personal
commun., 1995).
Reference to a quotation: (Smith 1973, p.
16).
Portion of text written by a subordinate
author: (Smith in Jones 1973)
Communication cited in a previously-published
paper: (Smith cited in Jones 1973)
Notes: Initials are used only if the same
surname occurs more than once in the text, (e.g., Smith, A.A. 1973; Smith, B.M.
1984). There is no comma between the author and the date (e.g., Smith 1973). An
ampersand (&) is not used. The designation et al. is not italicized. Unpublished
and in preparation citations are not acceptable; they should appear only as a
personal communication. If multiple references are used to support a statement
the list should be arranged chronologically (e.g., Smith 1973a, 1973b, 1982). No
space between initials of a name (A.A. Smith, not A. A. Smith).
Stylistic Guide:
References
PLEASE NOTE:
PE style EndNote files are available for authors who prefer to format their
references in EndNote. The extracted EndNote file (called 'Palaeontologia
Electronica.ens') should be placed in the 'Styles' folder/directory in your
EndNote application folder.
File can be downloaded by Mac or PC.
The general rule for references is: each
element within the reference citation is demarcated by punctuation.
Author(period) year(period) title(period)
full publication title without internal punctuation(comma) special series
identification (e.g., "Part," "New Series") if necessary as for the Bellier
reference below(comma) volume number(colon) pages(period). Author, year, and
article titles are separated by a period and two spaces. All listed authors are
always shown last name first.
The complete title and complete journal name
are used. Paper titles show only the first word capitalized (unless a proper
name appears in the title), whereas book titles should have all major words
capitalized and should be set in italic type.
Avoid using abbreviations for publication
information such as Part, Series, or Volume. Very commonly used abbreviations,
however, such as SEPM, USGS, USA, and UK do not need to be spelled out.
Capitalize titles of books and publications, but use lowercase for titles of
articles within publications.
M.Sc. theses and Ph.D. dissertations should
be referred to as the granting institution prefers.
Page numbers are not included for book
citations. In journal citations, the page range should be included as:
Journal Name, Volume(colon):x-(hyphen)xxx.
Titles of books, journals, bulletins, memoirs, contributions, theses,
dissertations, etc. are encoded as italic.
References to articles in review or in press
are discouraged.
For example:
Kammer, T.W. 1985. Aerosol filtration theory applied to
Mississippian deltaic crinoids. Journal of Paleontology, 59:551-580.
[Note: an author's name is written out in successive citations, not replaced
with dashes.]"
For references with multiple authors, please arrange them first according to
the number of authors, then alphabetically, and then chronologically.
Examples:
Doyle, P. 1992.
Doyle, P. and Howlett, P. 1989.
Doyle, P., Donovan, D.T., and Nixon, M. 1994.
Doyle, P., Kelly, S.R.A., Pirrie, D., Riccardi, A.C., and Olivero, E. 1996.
McIntosh, J.S. 1990a.
McIntosh, J.S. 1990b.
McIntosh, J.S. 1995.
McIntosh, J.S. and Carpenter, K. 1998.
McIntosh, J.S. and Williams, M.E. 1988.
McIntosh, J.S., Miles, C.A., Cloward, K.C., and Parker, J.R. 1996a.
McIntosh, J.S., Miller, W.E., Stadtman, K.L., and Gillette, D.D. 1996b.
Article in journal:
Ausich, W.I. and Kammer, T.W. 1990.
Systematics and phylogeny of the late Osagean and Meramecian crinoids
Platycrinites and Eucladocrinus from the Mississippian stratotype region, Journal of Paleontology, 64:759-778.
Issue number is only used if each
issue in a volume is paginated separately:
Byrd, W.J. 1970. Geology of the Ely Springs
Range, Lincoln County, Nevada. Earth Science Bulletin, 3:23-32.
Article in an edited book:
Eldredge, N. and Gould, S.J. 1972.
Punctuated equilibria: an alternative to phyletic gradualism, p. 82-115. In
Schopf, T. J. M. (ed.), Models in Paleobiology. Freeman, Cooper and
Company, San Francisco.
Book (single author):
Mayr, E. 1963. Animal Species and
Evolution. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Book (multiple authors):
Draper, N. and Smith, H. 1981.
Applied
Regression Analysis (second edition). John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Dissertation or thesis:
Hageman, S.J. 1992. Morphometric
approaches to systematics and microevolution: applications from Paleozoic
Bryozoa. Unpublished Ph.D.Thesis, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Article in
Palaeontologia Electronica:
Andrews, P., and Whybrow, P., 2005. Taphonomic Observations on a Camel Skeleton in a Desert Environment in Abu
Dhabi, Palaeontologia Electronica Vol. 8, Issue 1; 23A:17p, 1.5MB;
http://palaeo-electronica.org/paleo/2005_1/andrews23/issue1_05.htm
Electronic references:
See
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/tc46sc9/standard/690-2e.htm for complete
information on electronic references.
Foreign language
references:
Transliterations or translations of non-Roman
alphabet titles are both acceptable. If the title is translated, then note the
language as: (In Chinese). If the publication is transliterated, but in the
original language, no parenthetical note is needed. If the language of the
article is not apparent from the title, however, the author can indicate the
language, e.g., (In Russian). Titles in languages based on the Roman alphabet
traditionally are not translated, and they do not need any additional notation.
Elenkin, A.A. 1938. Monographie algarum
Cyanophycearum aquidulcium et terrestrium infinibus URSS inventarum.
Izdetelstvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moscow, Pars specialis (Systematica), Fascicle
I.
Gorokhov, I.M., Semikhatov, M.A., and
Drubetskoi, E.P. 1991. Rb-Sr and K-Ar vozrast osadochnyh geochronometrov
nizhnego rifeya Anabarskogo massiva. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya
Geologicheskaya, 7:17-32. (In Russian)
Luo, Q.L. 1991. New data on the microplants
from Changlongshan Formation of Upper Precambrian in western Yanshan Range. Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources Bulletin, 25:107-118. (In
Chinese with English abstract)
Special citation problems:
Kolata, D.R. 1975. Middle Ordovician
echinoderms from northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Paleontological
Society Memoir 7 (Journal of Paleontology, Supplement) 49:74.
Spencer, W.K. 1918. British Palaeozoic
Asterozoa. Palaeontographical Society Monographs, p.109-168.
Blackadar, R.G. 1970. Precambrian geology,
northwestern Baffin Island, District of Franklin. Geological Survey of Canada
Bulletin, 91:1-89. [Note: The "Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin"
identifies the publication and therefore requires no internal punctuation.]
Haugh, B.N. 1979. Late Ordovician channel
dwelling crinoids from southern Ontario, Canada. American Museum Novitates,
2665:1-25.
Kesling, R.V. 1972. Strataster devonicus,
a new brittlestar with unusual preservation from the Middle Devonian Silica
Formation of Ohio. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, The
University of Michigan, 24:9-15. [Note: Some publications are issued
irregularly, but paginated sequentially. In these cases the paper is cited as a
sequentally paginated journal. The issue number is not needed as the pagination
is sequential.]
Bellier, J.P. 1984. Foraminiféres
planctoniques du Crétacé de Tunisie septentrion. Mémoires de la Société
Géologique de France, Nouvelle Série, 146:1-70. [Note: In certain journals, the series name is a part of
the title, and it should be included as cited. In this example the issue numbers
were reset with the new series, and the issue number, 146, therefore must be
included.]
Ulrich, E.O. 1890. Palaeozoic Bryozoa.
Illinois Geological Survey, 8:283-688. [Note: In this example
there is no other designation to the title such as "Bulletin" or "Paper" so the
citation is given simply as "Illinois Geological Survey."]
Cooper, J.D. 1981. Geology of the Eastern
Puente Hills, p.35-54. In Woyski, M.S. (ed.), 1981 Tour and Field Guide.
National Association of Geology Teachers Far Western Section. Chevron Oil
Field Research Company, Fullerton, California. [Note: Field guides are varied;
provide enough information for the reader to trace the issues.]
Treatise on invertebrate
paleontology:
Lane, N.G. 1978. Synecology, p. T343-T345. In
Moore, R.C. and Teichert C. (eds.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,
Part G, Echinodermata 2. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas
Press, Boulder, Colorado, and Lawrence, Kansas, 1-1027.
Robison, R.A. (ed.) 1983.
Treatise on
Invertebrate Paleontology, Part G, Bryozoa, Revised. Geological Society of
America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Boulder, Colorado and
Lawrence, Kansas, 1-625.
Stylistic
Guide: Systematic Paleontology
Notes: Family and lower taxonomic ranks must
be cited; taxon author names and dates are included in the text and in the
references. Authors may decide which taxonomic ranks above the level of family
to include; higher ranks should be included if there is controversy regarding
usage. Group names should be given in capitals. Taxa left in open nomenclature
should follow:
Bengtson, P. 1988. Open nomenclature. Palaeontology,
31:223-227.
The sequence of topics under the name begins
with the synonymy. Synonymy completeness is at the discretion of the author, but
it is desirable to include the original designation and a relatively complete
source. Use multiple authors' names, not "et al.". Authors are encouraged to
annotate synonymies with the symbols recommended by:
Matthews, S.C. 1973. Notes
on open nomenclature and synonymy lists. Palaeontology, 16:713-719.
Phylum CHORDATA Bateson, 1886
Class CONODONTA Pander, 1856
Order OZARKODINIDA Dzik, 1976
Family CAVUSGNATHIDAE Austin and Rhodes, 1981
Genus CAVUSGNATHUS Harris and Hollingsworth, 1933
Type Species.-
Cavusgnathus alta Harris and Hollingsworth, 1933, by original
designation.
Cavusgnathus hudsoni (Metcalfe, 1981)
Figure 1.2-1.4
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Cavusgnathus
charactus
Rexroad; Rhodes, Austin and Druce, p.
79, pl. 13, figs. 6, 7, 13. |
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Taphrognathus
varians Branson and Mehl;
Rhodes, Austin and Druce, p. 241, pl. 13, figs 4, 5. |
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Taphrognathus
varians; Austin, figs 1.20,
1.21 [cop. Rhodes, Austin and Druce, 1969, pl. 13, figs 4, 5].
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Windsorgnathus
windsorensis (Globensky);
Austin in Austin and Mitchell, p. 53, pl. 1, figs 20, 23 only.
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Clydagnathus?
hudsoni Metcalfe, p. 19, pl.
1, figs 8, 9. |
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Clydagnathus?
hudsoni Metcalfe, p. 19, pl.
1, fig. 5. |
Stylistic
Guide: Diagnosis and Description
In general, telegraphic style is preferred,
but sometimes conversational style is more effective, especially for those taxa
lacking standardized terminology. Reference to Figures is permitted in the
description and diagnosis.
Suggested Format:
Taxon Name Synonymy Type Species Description Remarks Range Occurrence
Stylistic
Guide: Acknowledgments
- Acknowledgments should occur on their own
separate page, without any other manuscript or reference text.
- "Acknowledgments" is the American usage;
"Acknowledgements" is the British usage. Authors should use whichever is
consistent with rest of the manuscript.
- Initials are used rather than given names.
Avoid the use of titles.
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Static Figures
Photographs, artwork and drafting are
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Papers may be delayed or rejected if illustrations are not considered acceptable
by the referees or the Editors. Photographic Figures must include a
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specimen/object/field of view in the caption.
Figure parts
must be numbered, for example Figure 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (not Figure 1A, 1B, 1C).
All images will be in color, at no charge to authors.
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line drawing, plot, and sketch Figures and should be either white or black for
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Animations
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Other Presentation Modes
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should start with FIGURE (or TABLE, or APPENDIX), followed
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author page, abstracts, body of the text, acknowledgements, references, and
figure/table/appendix captions) should be submitted as a MS-Word or RTF file.
Final File Format: Illustrations
Authors of revised manuscripts may choose to
submit figures as single computer files (scanned or created electronically) or
as individual files of each contained figure. The latter option provides greater
presentation flexibility. Authors should supply PSD (Photoshop), AI
(Illustrator), or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files for every figure or image. If you
cannot match these formats please contact the editors for alternatives. Submit
illustrations separate from text captions. Do NOT supply your final figures in
Word or PDF format. Each figure should be a separate, stand-alone file.
Photographic images should be created at 300
DPI or greater, and exported/saved to PSD (Photoshop) or EPS format. Line
drawings should be saved as AI (Illustrator) or EPS format. In all figures, the
size of letters, numbers and symbols should be chosen with the final reduction
in mind.
Final File Format: Appendices
Lengthy numerical, locality
or taxonomic data subordinate to the text should be assembled into one or more
separate, numbered appendices following the references. Submit captions
separate from the appendices.
Authors of revised
manuscripts should submit appendices in one of the following formats: as
tab-delimited text files, MS-Excel worksheets (both Macintosh or Windows
versions accepted), or in HTML table format.
Any symbol that is not available in HTML 3 must be written out. For instance,
the delta symbol must be replaced with the word "delta."
Final File Format: Tables
Authors of revised manuscripts must submit
tables as: tab-delimited text files, MS-Excel worksheets (both Macintosh or
Windows versions accepted), or in HTML table format.
Any symbol that is not available in HTML 3 must be written out.
For instance, the delta symbol must be replaced with the word "delta."
Final File Format: Captions
Captions should be in the same format as for newly
submitted manuscripts.
File Naming Conventions
All material submitted to PE must meet the following
electronic-submission requirements, which are based on ISO 9660
constraints for naming of files. Your file names may _ONLY_ contain the
following characters:
1. Capital letters A-Z
2. Digits 0-9
3. The symbols underscore (_) or period (.).
Your file names may _NOT_ contain any of the following:
1. More than 8 characters (e.g.,
Figure1HorowitzManuscript.ai)
2. File extensions longer than 3 characters (e.g.,
RudistManuscript.text)
3. Spaces (e.g., Figure 1 Horowitz Ms.doc)
4. Any other characters not listed above (e.g.,
~!@#$%^&*()+=-?><,;"'[]{})
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