Too well restored? the case of the Megantereon skull from Senèze

Lethaia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 158-160

  Anton, Mauricio ^a   Werdelin, Lars ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

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EID: 11144303128     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1998.tb00502.x     Document Type: Article

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