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Ecometrics and Neogene faunal turnover: the roles of cats and hindlimb morphology in the assembly of carnivoran communities in the New World
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Polly, David (2020): Ecometrics and Neogene faunal turnover: the roles of cats and hindlimb morphology in the assembly of carnivoran communities in the New World. Geodiversitas 42 (17): 257-304, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a17
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