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Article: Additional specimens of sudamericid (Gondwanatheria) mammals from the Early Paleocene of Argentina

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2008
Page(s): 1069 – 1089
Author(s): Yamila Gurovich
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GUROVICH, Y. 2008. Additional specimens of sudamericid (Gondwanatheria) mammals from the Early Paleocene of Argentina. Palaeontology, 51, 5, 1069–1089.

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