Osteological specimens of marine mammals (Cetacea and Sirenia) from the western Gulf of Mexico

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-108

  Jefferson, Thomas A ^a,b   Baumgardner, George D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ocean Park Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

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