Global climate and the evolution of large mammalian carnivores during the later Cenozoic in North America

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 285, 2004, Pages 139-156

  Hunt Jr , Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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MAMMALIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 17144397227     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2004)285<0139:c>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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