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A new early species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Late Miocene of Peru

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Pages 886-894 | Received 13 Apr 2001, Accepted 11 Nov 2002, Published online: 02 Aug 2010

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