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A new didolodontid mammal from the late Paleocene-earliest Eocene of Laguna Umayo, Peru

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Gelfo, Javier N., Sigé, Bernard (2011): A new didolodontid mammal from the late Paleocene-earliest Eocene of Laguna Umayo, Peru. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (4): 665-678, DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0067, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2010.0067

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