Paleontological Journal
scientific journal, English edition of Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal
Paleontological Journal (Russian: Палеонтологический Журнал, romanized: Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal) is a monthly peer-reviewed Russian journal of paleontology established in 1959. It focuses on the paleontology and the fossil records of Eastern Europe and Asia. Articles are published simultaneously in Russian and English.
The journal is edited by Alexei Yu. Rozanov and published by MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica.
Editors-in-Chief
Acad. Yuri A. Orlov (1959–1966)
Dr. Vasily E. Ruzhentsev (1967–1978)
Acad. Leonid P. Tatarinov (1978–1988, 1994–2001)
Dr. Igor S. Barskov (1988–1993)
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