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How species are like pornography: Species concepts and the fossil record

By Sarah Werning
Posted: April 1, 2013
Category: Background, Paleontology, Zoology | Tagged fossils, species, species concepts | 5 Comments

Known From Fossils First

By Sarah Werning
Posted: January 29, 2013
Category: Paleontology, Zoology | Tagged fossils, insane hibernation, marsupials, pygmy possum | 4 Comments
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