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Article: Biochronological relationships of the earliest South American Paleogene mammalian faunas

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2009
Page(s): 251 – 269
Author(s): Javier N. Gelfo, Francisco J. Goin, Michael O. Woodburne and Christian de Muizon
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GELFO, J. N., GOIN, F. J., WOODBURNE, M. O., DE MUIZON, C. 2009. Biochronological relationships of the earliest South American Paleogene mammalian faunas. Palaeontology, 52, 1, 251–269.

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