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A New Species of Gomphos (Glires, Mammalia) from the Eocene of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China

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Meng, Jin, Kraatz, Brian P., Wang, Yuanqing, Ni, Xijun, Gebo, Daniel L, Beard, K. Christopher (2009): A New Species of Gomphos (Glires, Mammalia) from the Eocene of the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China. American Museum Novitates 3670: 1-12, DOI: 10.1206/673.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/673.1

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