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Neither a Rodent nor a Platypus: a Reexamination of Necrolestes patagonensis Ameghino

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ASHER, ROBERT J., HOROVITZ, INE´S, MARTIN, THOMAS, SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA, MARCELO R. (2007): Neither a Rodent nor a Platypus: a Reexamination of Necrolestes patagonensis Ameghino. American Museum Novitates 3546 (1): 1-40, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3546[1:NARNAP]2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0082(2007)3546%5B1%3ANARNAP%5D2.0.CO%3B2

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