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Article: The genus Hispanomeryx (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Moschidae) and its bearing on musk deer phylogeny and systematics

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2010
Page(s): 1023 – 1047
Author(s): <p>Israel M. S&aacute;nchez, M. Soledad Domingo and Jorge Morales</p>
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SÁNCHEZ, I. M., DOMINGO, M., MORALES, J. 2010. The genus Hispanomeryx (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Moschidae) and its bearing on musk deer phylogeny and systematics. Palaeontology, 53, 5, 1023–1047.

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