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A non-aquatic otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain): systematics and functional anatomy

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Salesa, Manuel J., Antón, Mauricio, Siliceo, Gema, Pesquero, María Dolores, Morales, Jorge, Alcalá, Luis (2013): A non-aquatic otter (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Spain): systematics and functional anatomy. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (2): 448-482, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12063, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12063

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