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Analysis of the modern distribution of South African Gerbilliscus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) with implications for Plio-Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Submitted: 28 October 2010 | Published: 28 January 2011
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Timothy Lee Campbell, Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, United StatesPatrick J. Lewis, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, United States
Justin K. Williams, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, United States
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