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Postcranial element shape and function: assessing locomotor mode in extant and extinct mustelid carnivorans

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Schutz, Heidi, Guralnick, Robert P. (2007): Postcranial element shape and function: assessing locomotor mode in extant and extinct mustelid carnivorans. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (4): 895-914, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00303.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00303.x

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