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Osteological assessment of Pleistocene Camelops hesternus (Camelidae: Camelinae: Camelini) from Alaska and Yukon

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  • 1. Ross D. E. Macphee, & Yukon Palaeontology Program, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
  • 2. Elizabeth Hall, & Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History.

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Zazula, Grant D., Macphee, Ross D. E., Hall, Elizabeth, Hewitson, Susan (2016): Osteological assessment of Pleistocene Camelops hesternus (Camelidae: Camelinae: Camelini) from Alaska and Yukon. American Museum Novitates 2016 (3866): 1-46, DOI: 10.1206/3866.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3866.1

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