New marsupials from the Eocene-Oligocene transition of the Andean Main Range, Chile

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 533-549

  Flynn, John J ^a   Wyss, André R ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033239434     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011163     Document Type: Article

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