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A new beaked whale record from the upper Miocene of Menorca, Balearic Islands, based on CT-scan analysis of limestone slabs

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Bianucci, Giovanni, Llàcer, Sergio, Cardona, Josep Quintana, Collareta, Alberto, Florit, Agustí Rodríguez (2019): A new beaked whale record from the upper Miocene of Menorca, Balearic Islands, based on CT-scan analysis of limestone slabs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (2): 291-302, DOI: 10.4202/app.00593.2019, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00593.2019

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