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Article: The origin of Afro-Arabian 'didelphimorph' marsupials

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2008
Page(s): 635 – 648
Author(s): Jerry J. Hooker, Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra, Francisco J. Goin, Elwyn L. Simons, Yousry Attia and Erik R. Seiffert
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HOOKER, J. J., SÁNCHEZ-VILLAGRA, M. R., GOIN, F. J., SIMONS, E. L., ATTIA, Y., SEIFFERT, E. R. 2008. The origin of Afro-Arabian 'didelphimorph' marsupials. Palaeontology, 51, 3, 635–648.

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