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The Maragheh bovids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): systematic revision and biostratigraphiczoogeographic interpretation

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Kostopoulos, Dimitrios S., Bernor, Raymond L. (2011): The Maragheh bovids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): systematic revision and biostratigraphiczoogeographic interpretation. Geodiversitas 33 (4): 649-708, DOI: 10.5252/g2011n4a6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2011n4a6

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