A manuscript should include the followings:

Please make sure your title page contains the following information.

Title

A concise and informative title should be chosen.

Authors and the affiliations

- The name(s) of the author(s)

- The affiliation(s) of the author(s), i.e. institution, (department), city, (state), country

-  An active e-mail address of the corresponding author

-  16-digit ORCID of the author(s) (if available) 

Abstract

Abstract will be 150 to 300 words. The abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.

Statements of Declarations

The following should be included under the heading

"Statements and Declarations" for inclusion in the published paper.

Submissions without relevant declarations will be returned as incomplete.

Manuscripts should be submitted in Word.

- Use a normal, plain font (e.g., 10-point Times Roman) for text.

- Use italics for fossil names. 

- Use the  page numbering .

- Use the equation editor or MathType for equations.

- Save your file in docx format (Word 2007 or higher) or doc format (older Word versions).