The cranium of leptotragulus, a hornless protoceratid (artiodactyla: Protoceratidae) from the middle eocene of north america

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 341-348

  Norris, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0034557906     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0341:TCOLAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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