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Article: A new microchoerine omomyid (Primates, Mammalia) from the English Early Eocene and its palaeobiogeographical implications

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2007
Page(s): 739 – 756
Author(s): J. J. Hooker
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HOOKER, J. J. 2007. A new microchoerine omomyid (Primates, Mammalia) from the English Early Eocene and its palaeobiogeographical implications. Palaeontology, 50, 3, 739–756.

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