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Fossil Land Tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Dominican Republic, West Indies, with a Description of a New Species

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Albury, Nancy A., Franz, Richard, Rimoli, Renato, Lehman, Phillip, Rosenberger, Alfred L. (2018): Fossil Land Tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Dominican Republic, West Indies, with a Description of a New Species. American Museum Novitates 2018 (3904): 1-28, DOI: 10.1206/3904.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3904.1

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