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Fragilicetus velponi: a new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti)

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Bisconti, Michelangelo, Bosselaers, Mark (2016): Fragilicetus velponi: a new mysticete genus and species and its implications for the origin of Balaenopteridae (Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (2): 450-474, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12370, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12370

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