Reconstructing an incomparable organism: the Chalicothere in nineteenth and early-twentieth century palaeontology
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عنوان ژورنال: History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0391-9714,1742-6316
DOI: 10.1007/s40656-018-0187-0