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Amphicticeps and Amphicynodon (Arctoidea, Carnivora) from Hsanda Gol Formation, Central Mongolia and Phylogeny of Basal Arctoids with Comments on Zoogeography

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WANG, XIAOMING, McKENNA, MALCOLM C., DASHZEVEG, DEMBERELYIN (2005): Amphicticeps and Amphicynodon (Arctoidea, Carnivora) from Hsanda Gol Formation, Central Mongolia and Phylogeny of Basal Arctoids with Comments on Zoogeography. American Museum Novitates 3483: 1-58, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)483[0001:AAAACF]2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282005%29483%5B0001%3AAAAACF%5D2.0.CO%3B2

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