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Article: A new large philisid (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionoidea) from the late Early Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2012
Page(s): 1035 – 1041
Author(s): Anthony Ravel, Laurent Marivaux, Rodolphe Tabuce, Mustapha Ben Haj Ali, El Mabrouk Essid and Monique Vianey-Liaud
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RAVEL, A., MARIVAUX, L., TABUCE, R., ALI, M., ESSID, E., VIANEY-LIAUD, M. 2012. A new large philisid (Mammalia, Chiroptera, Vespertilionoidea) from the late Early Eocene of Chambi, Tunisia. Palaeontology, 55, 5, 1035–1041.

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