New late Uintan to early Hemingfordian land mammal assemblages from the undifferentiated Sespe and Vaqueros formations, Orange County, and from the Sespe and equivalent marine formations in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties, Southern California

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  Whistler, David P ^a   Lander, E Bruce ^a,b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b Paleo Environmental Associates Inc   (United States)

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