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Article: A new species of Stegodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Kazusa Group (lower Pleistocene), Hachioji City, Tokyo, Japan and its evolutionary morphodynamics

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2010
Page(s): 471 – 490
Author(s): Hiroaki Aiba, Katsuyoshi Baba and Masaki Matsukawa
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AIBA, H., BABA, K., MATSUKAWA, M. 2010. A new species of Stegodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Kazusa Group (lower Pleistocene), Hachioji City, Tokyo, Japan and its evolutionary morphodynamics. Palaeontology, 53, 3, 471–490.

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