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The late middle Miocene Mae Moh Basin of northern Thailand: the richest Neogene assemblage of Carnivora from Southeast Asia and a paleobiogeographic analysis of Miocene Asian carnivorans

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Grohé, Camille, De Bonis, Louis, Chaimanee, Yaowalak, Chavasseau, Olivier, Rugbumrung, Mana, Yamee, Chotima, Suraprasit, Kantapon, Gibert, Corentin, Surault, Jérôme, Blondel, Cécile, Jaeger, Jean-Jacques (2020): The late middle Miocene Mae Moh Basin of northern Thailand: the richest Neogene assemblage of Carnivora from Southeast Asia and a paleobiogeographic analysis of Miocene Asian carnivorans. American Museum Novitates 2020 (3952): 1-60, DOI: 10.1206/3952.1, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2020/issue-3952/3952.1/The-Late-Middle-Miocene-Mae-Moh-Basin-of-Northern-Thailand/10.1206/3952.1.full

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