Molecular coproscopy: dung and diet of the extinct ground sloth Nothrotheriops shastensis.

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  1998-07-17

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.281.5375.402PMID 9665881
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