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The morphology and systematics of Mammalodon colliveri (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a toothed mysticete from the Oligocene of Australia

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Fitzgerald, Erich M. G. (2010): The morphology and systematics of Mammalodon colliveri (Cetacea: Mysticeti), a toothed mysticete from the Oligocene of Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158 (2): 367-476, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00572.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00572.x

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