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Robert W. Boessenecker. (2016) A Middle Pleistocene Sea Otter from Northern California and the Antiquity of Enhydra in the Pacific Basin. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 25:1, pages 27-35.
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Ana M. Valenzuela‐Toro, Nicholas D. Pyenson, Carolina S. Gutstein & Mario E. Suárez. (2015) A new dwarf seal from the late Neogene of South America and the evolution of pinnipeds in the southern hemisphere. Papers in Palaeontology 2:1, pages 101-115.
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