The cranium of Bunomeryx (Artiodactyla: Homacodontidae) from the Upper Eocene Uinta deposits of Utah and its implications for tylopod systematics

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 742-751

  Norris, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033271175     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011186     Document Type: Article

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