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A New Protocetid Whale (Cetacea: Archaeoceti) from the Late Middle Eocene of South Carolina

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GEISLER, JONATHAN H., SANDERS, ALBERT E., LUO, ZHE-XI (2005): A New Protocetid Whale (Cetacea: Archaeoceti) from the Late Middle Eocene of South Carolina. American Museum Novitates 3480 (1): 1-66, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)480[0001:ANPWCA]2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0082(2005)480%5B0001%3AANPWCA%5D2.0.CO%3B2

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