A Fossil Lemur from the Oligocene of Pakistan
@article{Marivaux2001AFL, title={A Fossil Lemur from the Oligocene of Pakistan}, author={Laurent Marivaux and Jean-Loup Welcomme and Pierre Antoine and Gr{\'e}goire M{\'e}tais and Ibrahim Baloch and Mouloud Benammi and Yaowalak Chaimanee and St{\'e}phane Ducrocq and Jean-Jacques Jaeger}, journal={Science}, year={2001}, volume={294}, pages={587 - 591} }
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