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A New Mormoopid Bat From The Oligocene (Whitneyan And Early Arikareean) Of Florida, And Phylogenetic Relationships Of The Major Clades Of Mormoopidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera)

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  • 1. New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM
  • 2. Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman
  • 3. Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History

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Morgan, Gary S., Czaplewski, Nicholas J., Simmons, Nancy B. (2019): A New Mormoopid Bat From The Oligocene (Whitneyan And Early Arikareean) Of Florida, And Phylogenetic Relationships Of The Major Clades Of Mormoopidae (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2019 (434): 1-141, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.434.1.1, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-american-museum-of-natural-history/volume-2019/issue-434/0003-0090.434.1.1/A-New-Mormoopid-Bat-from-the-Oligocene-Whitneyan-and-Early/10.1206/0003-0090.434.1.1.full

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