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Feeding habits of the first European colobine, (Mammalia, Primates): evidence from a comparative dental microwear analysis with modern cercopithecids

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Merceron, Gildas, Koufos, George D., Valentin, Xavier (2009): Feeding habits of the first European colobine, (Mammalia, Primates): evidence from a comparative dental microwear analysis with modern cercopithecids. Geodiversitas 31 (4): 865-878, DOI: 10.5252/g2009n4a865, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/g2009n4a865

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