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New rodent assemblages from the Eocene Dur At-Talah escarpment (Sahara of central Libya): systematic, biochronological, and palaeobiogeographical implications

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Jaeger, Jean-Jacques, Marivaux, Laurent, Salem, Mustapha, Bilal, Awad Abolhassan, Benammi, Mouloud, Chaimanee, Yaowalak, Duringer, Philippe, Marandat, Bernard, Métais, Eddy, Schuster, Mathieu, Valentin, Xavier, Brunet, Michel (2010): New rodent assemblages from the Eocene Dur At-Talah escarpment (Sahara of central Libya): systematic, biochronological, and palaeobiogeographical implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (1): 195-213, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00600.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00600.x

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