Cetacean evolution

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 201-207

  Fordyce, R Ewan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 79955540004     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00053-5     Document Type: Chapter

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