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Chlorocyon phantasma, a Late Eocene Borhyaenoid (Mammalia: Metatheria: Sparassodonta) from the Los Helados Locality, Andean Main Range, Central Chile

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Engelman, Russell K., Flynn, John J., Gans, Philip, Wyss, André R., Croft, Darin A. (2018): Chlorocyon phantasma, a Late Eocene Borhyaenoid (Mammalia: Metatheria: Sparassodonta) from the Los Helados Locality, Andean Main Range, Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 2018 (3918): 1-24, DOI: 10.1206/3918.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3918.1

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