A new mammal from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian–Campanian) Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0567-7920
DOI: 10.4202/app.00568.2018