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Systematic revision of a Miocene sperm whale from Patagonia, Argentina, and the phylogenetic signal of tympano-periotic bones in Physeteroidea

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Paolucci, Florencia, Buono, Mónica R., Fernández, Marta S., Cuitiño, José (2021): Systematic revision of a Miocene sperm whale from Patagonia, Argentina, and the phylogenetic signal of tympano-periotic bones in Physeteroidea. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (1): 63-76, DOI: 10.4202/app.00763.2020, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00763.2020

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