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Research Article

Structural pattern in the tusks of the Miocene mammutid Zygolophodon turicensis and its utility in the taxonomy of elephantimorph proboscideans

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Pages 3191-3201 | Received 20 Oct 2020, Accepted 17 Nov 2020, Published online: 16 Dec 2020

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