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Article: A cladistic analysis among trilophodont gomphotheres (Mammalia, Proboscidea) with special attention to the South American genera

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2008
Page(s): 903 – 915
Author(s): José Luis Prado and María Teresa Alberdi
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PRADO, J., ALBERDI, M. 2008. A cladistic analysis among trilophodont gomphotheres (Mammalia, Proboscidea) with special attention to the South American genera. Palaeontology, 51, 4, 903–915.

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