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New clues on the palaeodiversity of the middle Miocene freshwater ichthyofauna from the Tatacoa Desert, Colombia
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- 1. Universität Zürich, Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich (Switzerland)
- 2. Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas e Ingeniería, Grupo de investigación Biología, Evolución y Conservación BEC, Universidad EAFIT, Cra. 49 # 7 sur – 50, Medellín (Colombia)
- 3. Grand Valley State University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, 1 Campus Dr Allendale, MI 49525 (United States)
- 4. Museo de Historia Natural La Tatacoa, La Victoria, Villavieja, Huila (Colombia)
- 5. Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Marine Biology Department, Paleoecology and Global Changes Laboratory, Campus Gragoatá, Bloco M, Lab. 110, CEP. 24210-201, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
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Carrillo-Briceño, Jorge D., Mora-Rojas, Laura, Hendricks, Kimberly, Vanegas, Andrés, Aguilera, Orangel (2023): New clues on the palaeodiversity of the middle Miocene freshwater ichthyofauna from the Tatacoa Desert, Colombia. Geodiversitas 45 (10): 327-351, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2023v45a10
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