Late Miocene capybaras (Rodentia, Cavioidea, Hydrochoeridae): skull anatomy, taxonomy, evolution and biochronology
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Phylogenetic relationships, ecological correlates, and molecular evolution within the cavioidea (mammalia, rodentia).
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1 Department of Geography, Harran University, 63300 Şanlıurfa, Turkey 2 Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA 3 Department of Geology, Çukurova University, 01330 Adana, Turkey 4 Faculty of Mathematics and Computing, The Open University, Eldon House, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0567-7920
DOI: 10.4202/app.2012.0063