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Exceptional Skull Of Huayqueriana (Mammalia, Litopterna, Macraucheniidae) From The Late Miocene Of Argentina: Anatomy, Systematics, And Paleobiological Implications

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Forasiepi, Analía M., MacPhee, Ross D. E., Del Pino, Santiago Hernández, Schmidt, Gabriela I., Amson, Eli, Grohé, Camille (2016): Exceptional Skull Of Huayqueriana (Mammalia, Litopterna, Macraucheniidae) From The Late Miocene Of Argentina: Anatomy, Systematics, And Paleobiological Implications. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2016 (404): 1-77, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-404.1.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/0003-0090-404.1.1

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