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A new taeniolabidoid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the middle Puercan of the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, and a revision of taeniolabidoid systematics and phylogeny

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Williamson, Thomas E., Brusatte, Stephen L., Secord, Ross, Shelley, Sarah (2016): A new taeniolabidoid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the middle Puercan of the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, and a revision of taeniolabidoid systematics and phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (1): 183-208, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12336, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12336

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