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Article: The auditory region of Early Paleocene Pucadelphydae (Mammalia, Metatheria) from Tiupampa, Bolivia, with phylogenetic implications

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2007
Page(s): 1123 – 1154
Author(s): Sandrine Ladevèze and Christian de Muizon
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LADEVÈZE, S., DE MUIZON, C. 2007. The auditory region of Early Paleocene Pucadelphydae (Mammalia, Metatheria) from Tiupampa, Bolivia, with phylogenetic implications. Palaeontology, 50, 5, 1123–1154.

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