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Aegyptocetus tarfa, n. gen. et sp. (Mammalia, Cetacea), from the middle Eocene of Egypt: clinorhynchy, olfaction, and hearing in a protocetid whale

Giovanni Bianucci Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via S. Maria 53, I-56126, Pisa, Italy
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Philip D. Gingerich Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-1079, U.S.A
Pages 1173-1188 | Received 01 Feb 2011, Accepted 14 Jul 2011, Published online: 08 Nov 2011

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