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Tragelaphus nakuae: evolutionary change, biochronology, and turnover in the African Plio-Pleistocene

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Bibi, Faysal (2011): Tragelaphus nakuae: evolutionary change, biochronology, and turnover in the African Plio-Pleistocene. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (3): 699-711, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00691.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00691.x

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