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A new SANU (Mammalia, Panperissodactyla) from the early Eocene levels of the Lumbrera Formation at Los Cardones National Park (Salta Province, Northwestern Argentina)

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Pages 2193-2205 | Received 26 Apr 2022, Accepted 13 Oct 2022, Published online: 28 Oct 2022

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