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Late Quaternary Fossil Mammals From The Cayman Islands, West Indies

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Morgan, Gary S., Macphee, Ross D.E., Woods, Roseina, Turvey, Samuel T. (2019): Late Quaternary Fossil Mammals From The Cayman Islands, West Indies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2019 (428): 1-81, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.428.1.1, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-american-museum-of-natural-history/volume-2019/issue-428/0003-0090.428.1.1/Late-Quaternary-Fossil-Mammals-from-the-Cayman-Islands-West-Indies/10.1206/0003-0090.428.1.1.full

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