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Article: A spalacolestine spalacotheriid (Mammalia, Trechnotheria) from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of southern England and its bearing on spalacotheriid evolution

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2008
Page(s): 1367 – 1385
Author(s): Steven C. Sweetman
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SWEETMAN, S. C. 2008. A spalacolestine spalacotheriid (Mammalia, Trechnotheria) from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of southern England and its bearing on spalacotheriid evolution. Palaeontology, 51, 6, 1367–1385.

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