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Morphometric Analysis Of Metacarpal And Metatarsal Bones Of Cave Bears (Carnivora, Ursidae)
- 1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
- 2. Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetnyi per. 29, 109017 Moscow, Russia; e-mail: andreypuzak@gmail.com. *corresponding author
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Baryshnikov, Gennady F., Puzachenko, Andrey Yu. (2017): Morphometric Analysis Of Metacarpal And Metatarsal Bones Of Cave Bears (Carnivora, Ursidae). Fossil Imprint 73 (1-2): 7-47, DOI: 10.2478/if-2017-0001, URL: http://fi.nm.cz/clanek/morphometric-analysis-of-metacarpal-and-metatarsal-bones-of-cave-bears-carnivora-ursidae-3/
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