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Article: Anatomical revision of the genus Merycopotamus (Artiodactyla; Anthracotheriidae): its significance for Late Miocene mammal dispersal in Asia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2007
Page(s): 503 – 524
Author(s): F. Lihoreau, J. Barry, C. Blondel, Y. Chaimanee, J.-J. Jaeger and M. Brunet
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LIHOREAU, F., BARRY, J., BLONDEL, C., CHAIMANEE, Y., JAEGER, J., BRUNET, M. 2007. Anatomical revision of the genus Merycopotamus (Artiodactyla; Anthracotheriidae): its significance for Late Miocene mammal dispersal in Asia. Palaeontology, 50, 2, 503–524.

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