Gobiatherium (Dinocerata, Mammalia) from Kyrgyzstan: Morphology and Taxonomic Position

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 308-320

  Agadjanian, A K ^a   Kondrashov, P E ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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