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Cranial morphology of the Oligocene beaver Capacikala gradatus from the John Day Basin and comments on the genus

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Stefen, Clara (2013): Cranial morphology of the Oligocene beaver Capacikala gradatus from the John Day Basin and comments on the genus. Palaeontologia Electronica (25A) 17 (2): 1-29, DOI: 10.26879/419, URL: https://doi.org/10.26879/419

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