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Implications of discoveries of the shovel-tusked gomphothere Konobelodon (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae) in Eurasia for the status of Amebelodon with a new genus of shovel-tusked gomphothere, Stenobelodon

Article: e2252021 | Received 14 Feb 2023, Accepted 22 Aug 2023, Published online: 02 Oct 2023

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