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New primitive carnivorans (Mammalia) from the Paleocene of western Canada, and their bearing on relationships of the order

Richard C. Fox Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology, Departments of Geology and Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9
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Gordon P. Youzwyshyn Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology, Departments of Geology and Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9
Pages 382-404 | Received 15 Jun 1992, Accepted 18 Jun 1993, Published online: 24 Aug 2010

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