The earliest hapalodectes (mesonychia, mammalia) from the paleocene of Mongolia

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 426-432

  Lopatin, A V ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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