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The macromammal remains and revised faunal list of the Somssich Hill 2 locality (late Early Pleistocene, Hungary) and the Epivillafranchian faunal change

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Gasparik, Mihály, Pazonyi, Piroska (2018): The macromammal remains and revised faunal list of the Somssich Hill 2 locality (late Early Pleistocene, Hungary) and the Epivillafranchian faunal change. Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 35: 153-178, DOI: 10.17111/FragmPalHung.2018.35.153, URL: https://doi.org/10.17111/fragmpalhung.2018.35.153

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