Further desmostylian remains from the upper Oligocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
The North Pacific rim was home to an extinct group of semiaquatic marine mammals, the order Desmostylia, which superficially resembled hippos. Desmostylians are an uncommon fossil vertebrate in most localities where they occur, and Oligocene taxa particularly so. Beyond the type dentition and t...
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| Language: | English |
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Institute of Paleobiology PAS
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00990.2022 |