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The skull and upper dentition of Heliscomys senex Wood (Heliscomyidae: Rodentia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

William W. Korth*
Affiliation:
Rochester Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology, 928 Whalen Road, Penfield, New York 14526

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Paleontological Notes
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