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The high taxonomic diversity of the Palaeogene hystricognath rodents (Caviomorpha) from Santa Rosa (Peru, South America) framed within a new geochronological context

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Pages 2350-2373 | Received 20 Aug 2021, Accepted 07 Dec 2021, Published online: 06 Jan 2022

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