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A new gigantic carnivore (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from the late middle Miocene of France

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  • 1. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2. Private, Sainte-Hélène, France
  • 3. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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Solé, Floréal, Lesport, Jean-François, Heitz, Antoine, Mennecart, Bastien (2022): A new gigantic carnivore (Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from the late middle Miocene of France. PeerJ 10: 1-29, DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13457, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13457

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