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Dietary niches of creodonts and carnivorans of the late Eocene Cypress Hills Formation

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Christison, Brigid E, Gaidies, Fred, Pineda-Munoz, Silvia, Evans, Alistair R, Gilbert, Marisa A, Fraser, Danielle (2022): Dietary niches of creodonts and carnivorans of the late Eocene Cypress Hills Formation. Journal of Mammalogy 103 (1): 2-17, DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab123, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab123

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