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33 - Archaeoceti

from Part VI - Marine mammals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2010

Mark D. Uhen
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA
Christine M. Janis
Affiliation:
Brown University, Rhode Island
Gregg F. Gunnell
Affiliation:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Mark D. Uhen
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Birmingham
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  • Archaeoceti
  • Edited by Christine M. Janis, Brown University, Rhode Island, Gregg F. Gunnell, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mark D. Uhen, University of Alabama, Birmingham
  • Book: Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America
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