A cladistic analysis of the horses of the tribe Equini

Palaeontology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 663-680

  Prado, José L ^a   Alberdi, María T ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

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