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Article: Cleptoparasitism and detritivory in dung beetle fossil brood balls from Patagonia, Argentina

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2009
Page(s): 837 – 848
Author(s): M. Victoria Sánchez and Jorge F. Genise
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SÁNCHEZ, M., GENISE, J. F. 2009. Cleptoparasitism and detritivory in dung beetle fossil brood balls from Patagonia, Argentina. Palaeontology, 52, 4, 837–848.

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