Short Communication a Hyracoid from the Late Oligocene Red Sandstone Group of Tanzania, Rukwalorax Jinokitana (gen. and Sp. Nov.)
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NANCY J. STEVENS, PATRICK M. O’CONNOR, ERIC M. ROBERTS and MICHAEL D. GOTTFRIED; Department of Biomedical Sciences, 228 Irvine Hall, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, U.S.A., [email protected]; Department of Biomedical Sciences, 228 Irvine Hall, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, U.S.A., [email protected]; School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, [email protected]; Department of Geological Sciences and Museum, West Circle Drive, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, U.S.A., [email protected]
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