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New records of eutherian mammals from the Goler Formation (Tiffanian, Paleocene) of California and their biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications

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Lofgren, Donald, Mckenna, Malcolm, Honey, James, Nydam, Randall, Wheaton, Christine, Yokote, Bryan, Henn, Lexington, Hanlon, Whitney, Manning, Stephen, Mcgee, Carter (2014): New records of eutherian mammals from the Goler Formation (Tiffanian, Paleocene) of California and their biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications. American Museum Novitates 2014 (3797): 1-60, DOI: 10.1206/3797.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3797.1

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