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Article: Taxonomic revision of Isocetus depauwi (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti) and the phylogenetic relationships of archaic ‘cetothere’ mysticetes

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2013
Page(s): 95 – 127
Author(s): Michelangelo Bisconti, Oliver Lambert and Mark Bossselaers
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BISCONTI, M., LAMBERT, O., BOSSSELAERS, M. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Isocetus depauwi (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti) and the phylogenetic relationships of archaic ‘cetothere’ mysticetes. Palaeontology, 56, 1, 95–127.

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