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Historical Biology
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Original Articles

The Interatheriinae from the Late Oligocene of Mendoza (Argentina), with comments on some Deseadan Interatheriidae

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Pages 607-626 | Received 06 Jun 2016, Accepted 02 Aug 2016, Published online: 24 Aug 2016

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