Two new notoungulates (Family Notohippidae) from the salla beds of Bolivia (Deseadan: Late Oligocene): Systematics and functional morphology

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 584-599

  Shockey, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0031287165     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10011005     Document Type: Article

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