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Article: Origin of the white shark Carcharodon (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) based on recalibration of the Upper Neogene Pisco Formation of Peru

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2012
Page(s): 1139 – 1153
Author(s): Dana J. Ehret, Bruce J. Macfadden, Douglas S. Jones, Thomas J. Devries, David A. Foster and Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi
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EHRET, D. J., MACFADDEN, B. J., JONES, D. S., DEVRIES, T. J., FOSTER, D. A., SALAS-GISMONDI, R. 2012. Origin of the white shark Carcharodon (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) based on recalibration of the Upper Neogene Pisco Formation of Peru. Palaeontology, 55, 6, 1139–1153.

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