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Article: A new baleen whale from the Late Miocene of Denmark and early mysticete hearing

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2009
Page(s): 1169 – 1190
Author(s): Mette E. Steeman
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STEEMAN, M. E. 2009. A new baleen whale from the Late Miocene of Denmark and early mysticete hearing. Palaeontology, 52, 5, 1169–1190.

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