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Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity

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Krause, David W., Hoffmann, Simone, Hu, Yaoming, Wible, John R., Rougier, Guillermo W., Kirk, E. Christopher, Groenke, Joseph R., Rogers, Raymond R., Rossie, James B., Schultz, Julia A., Koenigswald, Wighart von, Rahantarisoa, Lydia J. (2020): Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity. Nature 580 (7805): 1-21, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2234-8

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