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A new large mammal from the Ypresian of Morocco: Evidence of surprising diversity of early proboscideans

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Gheerbrant, Emmanuel, Sudre, Jean, Cappetta, Henri, Iarochène, Mohamed, Amaghzaz, Mbarek, Bouya, Baâdi (2002): A new large mammal from the Ypresian of Morocco: Evidence of surprising diversity of early proboscideans. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47 (3): 493-506, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13286142

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