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A new marine vertebrate assemblage from the Late Neogene Purisima Formation in Central California, part II: Pinnipeds and Cetaceans

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Boessenecker, Robert W. (2013): A new marine vertebrate assemblage from the Late Neogene Purisima Formation in Central California, part II: Pinnipeds and Cetaceans. Geodiversitas 35 (4): 815-940, DOI: 10.5252/g2013n4a5, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/g2013n4a5

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