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Finding the world's oldest mammals: sieving, dialectical materialism, and squabbles

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  • 1. School of Earth Sciences, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, University of Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK
  • 2. School of Earth Sciences, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, University of Bristol, BS8 1TQ, UK & Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

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Benton, Michael J., Gill, Pamela G., Whiteside, David I. (2024): Finding the world's oldest mammals: sieving, dialectical materialism, and squabbles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 (3): 796-824, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad089, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/75fc7230-057d-33ba-9e31-0d45532f0a71/

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