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A new species of Trichechus Linnaeus, 1758 (Sirenia, Trichechidae), from the upper Pleistocene of southwestern Amazonia, and the evolution of Amazonian manatees

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Article: e1697882 | Received 23 May 2019, Accepted 23 Sep 2019, Published online: 17 Jan 2020

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