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Redescription of the argyrolagid Microtragulus bolivianus (Metatheria, Polydolopimorphia, Bonapartheriiformes) based on new remains from Northwestern Argentina

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Babot, M. Judith, García-López, Daniel A. (2016): Redescription of the argyrolagid Microtragulus bolivianus (Metatheria, Polydolopimorphia, Bonapartheriiformes) based on new remains from Northwestern Argentina. Palaeontologia Electronica (Ottawa, Ont.) 51 (9): 1-23, DOI: 10.26879/590, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/590

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