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New material of the trechnotherian mammal Lactodens from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Comparison with Origolestes and implications for mammal evolution

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Mao, Fangyuan, Liu, Cunyu, Meng, Jin (2022): New material of the trechnotherian mammal Lactodens from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Comparison with Origolestes and implications for mammal evolution. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 67 (1): 135-153, DOI: 10.4202/app.00918.2021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00918.2021

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