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Ruminants reveal Eocene Asiatic palaeobiogeographical provinces as the origin of diachronous mammalian Oligocene dispersals into Europe

  • 1. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria & Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, 4001 Basel,Switzerland
  • 2. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz/Landessammlung Für Naturkunde Rheinland-Pfalz, Reichklarastrasse 10, 55116 Mainz, Germany.
  • 3. Center for Research and Education On Biological Evolution and Environment, Nanjing Univeristy, Nanjing 210023, China.
  • 4. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China & CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing 100044,China

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Mennecart, Bastien, Aiglstorfer, Manuela, Li, Yikun, Li, Chunxiao, Wang, ShiQi (2021): Ruminants reveal Eocene Asiatic palaeobiogeographical provinces as the origin of diachronous mammalian Oligocene dispersals into Europe. Scientific Reports 1: 1-12, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96221-x

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