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Pliocene marine mammals from the Whalers Bluff Formation of Portland, Victoria, Australia

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  • 1. School of Geosciences, Monash University, Vic. 3800, Australia and Museum Victoria, G.P.O. Box 666, Melbourne, Vic. 3001, Australia

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Fitzgerald, Erich M. G. (2005): Pliocene marine mammals from the Whalers Bluff Formation of Portland, Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62 (1): 67-89, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2005.62.2, URL: https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-62-issue-1-2005/pages-67-89/

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