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Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula

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Bianucci, Giovanni, Miján, Ismael, Lambert, Olivier, Post, Klaas, Mateus, Octávio (2013): Bizarre fossil beaked whales (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) fished from the Atlantic Ocean floor off the Iberian Peninsula. Geodiversitas 35 (1): 105-153, DOI: 10.5252/g2013n1a6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2013n1a6

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