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Biostratigraphy and Diversity of Paleogene Perissodactyls from the Erlian Basin of Inner Mongolia, China

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Bai, Bin, Wang, Yuan-Qing, Li, Qian, Wang, Hai-Bing, Mao, Fang-Yuan, Gong, Yan-Xin, Meng, Jin (2018): Biostratigraphy and Diversity of Paleogene Perissodactyls from the Erlian Basin of Inner Mongolia, China. American Museum Novitates 2018 (3914): 1-60, DOI: 10.1206/3914.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3914.1

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