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Isotopic records from early whales and sea cows: contrasting patterns of ecological transition

MARK T. Clementz Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, Wyoming, 82071, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]
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Anjali Goswami School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, U.K. E-mail: [email protected]
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Philip D. Gingerich Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-1079, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]
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Paul L. Koch Department of Earth Sciences, University of California-Santa Cruz, A250 Earth and Marine Sciences, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California, 95064, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 355-370 | Received 05 Jul 2004, Accepted 01 Sep 2005, Published online: 02 Aug 2010

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