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Arktocara yakataga, a new fossil odontocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Alaska and the antiquity of Platanistoidea
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Alexandra T. Boersma, Nicholas D. Pyenson (2016): Arktocara yakataga, a new fossil odontocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of Alaska and the antiquity of Platanistoidea. Peerj 2321: 1-41, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2321
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