Ecomorphology of radii in Canidae (Carnivora): application to fragmentary fossils from Plio-Pleistocene hominin assemblages
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0567-7920
DOI: 10.4202/app.00080.2014