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Article: A highly derived anomalurid rodent (Mammalia) from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2010
Page(s): 803 – 813
Author(s): Hesham M. Sallam, Erik R. Seiffert and Elwyn L. Simons
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SALLAM, H. M., SEIFFERT, E. R., SIMONS, E. L. 2010. A highly derived anomalurid rodent (Mammalia) from the earliest late Eocene of Egypt. Palaeontology, 53, 4, 803–813.

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