MAJOR PATTERNS IN THE HISTORY OF CARNIVOROUS MAMMALS

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

• Publication date

  1999-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV.EARTH.27.1.463
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