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Article: A new species of Dicerorhinus (Rhinocerotidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Myanmar

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2008
Page(s): 1419 – 1433
Author(s): Zin-Maung-Maung-Thein, Masanaru Takai, Takehisa Tsubamoto, Thaung-Htike, Naoko Egi and Maung-Maung
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, Z., TAKAI, M., TSUBAMOTO, T., , T., EGI, N., , M. 2008. A new species of Dicerorhinus (Rhinocerotidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Myanmar. Palaeontology, 51, 6, 1419–1433.

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