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Article: Environmental control on the biogeographical distribution of Desmanella (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) in the Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2011
Page(s): 753 – 762
Author(s): Antonio García-Alix, Marc Furió, Raef Minwer-Barakat, Elvira Martín Suárez and Matthijs Freudenthal
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GARCÍA-ALIX, A., FURIÓ, M., MINWER-BARAKAT, R., SUÁREZ, E., FREUDENTHAL, M. 2011. Environmental control on the biogeographical distribution of Desmanella (Soricomorpha, Mammalia) in the Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula. Palaeontology, 54, 4, 753–762.

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