Long-legged pursuit carnivorans (Amphicyonidae, Daphoeninae) from the early Miocene of North America

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Volumn , Issue 318, 2009, Pages 1-95

  Hunt Jr , Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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ACINONYX JUBATUS; AMPHICYONIDAE; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 65649127525     PISSN: 00030090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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