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New early Eocene tapiromorph perissodactyls from the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan, with implications for mammalian biochronology in Asia

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Missiaen, Pieter, Gingerich, Philip D. (2012): New early Eocene tapiromorph perissodactyls from the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan, with implications for mammalian biochronology in Asia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 (1): 21-34, DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0093, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2010.0093

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