Castoroidea

Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 2: Small Mammals, Xenarthrans, and Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 391-405

  Flynn, Lawrence J ^a   Jacobs, Louis L ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511541438.024     Document Type: Chapter

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