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Fossil caries in a Pliocene rodent with a plausible instance of in situ preservation of bacterial remains

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Czernielewski, Michał, Bącal, Paweł, Błażejowski, Błażej (2024): Fossil caries in a Pliocene rodent with a plausible instance of in situ preservation of bacterial remains. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69 (2): 217-225, DOI: 10.4202/app.01125.2023, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.01125.2023

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