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Comparison of Miocene to early Pleistocene-aged Castor californicus (Rodentia: Castoridae) to extant beavers and implications for the evolution of Castor in North America
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Lubbers, Kelly E., Samuels, Joshua X. (2023): Comparison of Miocene to early Pleistocene-aged Castor californicus (Rodentia: Castoridae) to extant beavers and implications for the evolution of Castor in North America. Palaeontologia Electronica (a35) 26 (3): 1-28, DOI: 10.26879/1284, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1284
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