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Article: A new basal carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the 'Bridger B' (Black's Fork Member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian NALMA, middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2010
Page(s): 815 – 832
Author(s): Michelle Spaulding, John J. Flynn and Richard K. Stucky
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SPAULDING, M., FLYNN, J. J., STUCKY, R. K. 2010. A new basal carnivoramorphan (Mammalia) from the 'Bridger B' (Black's Fork Member, Bridger Formation, Bridgerian NALMA, middle Eocene) of Wyoming, USA. Palaeontology, 53, 4, 815–832.

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