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Article: New observations and reinterpretation on the enigmatic taxon Colombitherium (?Pyrotheria, Mammalia) from Colombia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2010
Page(s): 319 – 325
Author(s): <p>Guillaume Billet, Ma&euml;va Orliac, Pierre-Olivier Antoine and Carlos Jaramillo</p>
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BILLET, G., ORLIAC, M., ANTOINE, P., JARAMILLO, C. 2010. New observations and reinterpretation on the enigmatic taxon Colombitherium (?Pyrotheria, Mammalia) from Colombia. Palaeontology, 53, 2, 319–325.

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