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Article: High concentration of long-snouted beaked whales (genus Messapicetus) from the Miocene of Peru

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2010
Page(s): 1077 – 1098
Author(s): Giovanni Bianucci, Olivier Lambert and Klaas Post
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BIANUCCI, G., LAMBERT, O., POST, K. 2010. High concentration of long-snouted beaked whales (genus Messapicetus) from the Miocene of Peru. Palaeontology, 53, 5, 1077–1098.

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