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Research Article

Middle Pleistocene Xenocyon lycaonoides Kretzoi, 1938 in northeastern China and the evolution of Xenocyon-Lycaon lineage

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Received 25 Nov 2021, Accepted 19 Dec 2021, Published online: 06 Jan 2022

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