A reevaluation of proneotherium repenningi from the miocene astoria formation of oregon and its position as a basal odobenid (pinnipedia: Mammalia)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 279-310

  Deméré, Thomas A ^a   Berta, Annalisa ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035536017     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0279:AROPRF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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