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Horolodectidae: a new family of unusual eutherians (Mammalia: Theria) from the Palaeocene of Alberta, Canada

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Scott, Craig S. (2019): Horolodectidae: a new family of unusual eutherians (Mammalia: Theria) from the Palaeocene of Alberta, Canada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185: 431-458, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly040

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