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Werneburg et al. New Permian Caseid from France
Embrithopod from Croatia
Field trip guides/EAVP Annual Conference/2023
Early Oligocene Fishes from Alabama, USA
Two enigmatic rodents from Lavergne (MP 16), Quercy Phosphorites
Eocene (57) , Quercy phosphorites (37) , Systematics (32) , Rodents (29) , Mammalia (26)
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