Reinterpretation of a middle eocene record of tardigrada (pilosa, xenarthra, mammalia) from la Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, West Antarctica

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3689, 2010, Pages 1-21

  MacPhee, R D E ^a   Reguero, M A ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

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EID: 77954577510     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/703.1     Document Type: Article

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