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giant, spike-toothed salmon, Oncorhynchus rastrosus and the "Proto-Tuolumne River" (early Pliocene) of Central California

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Sankey, Julia, Biewer, Jacob, Basuga, Janus, Palacios, Francisco, Wagner, Hugh, Garber, Dennis (2016): giant, spike-toothed salmon, Oncorhynchus rastrosus and the "Proto-Tuolumne River" (early Pliocene) of Central California. PaleoBios 33: 1-16, DOI: 10.5070/P9331033123, URL: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/84g0595b

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