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The Thornton Beach Mammoth: Consistency of Numerical Age and Morphology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Spencer G. Lucas*
Affiliation:
New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104

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Letter to the Editor
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University of Washington

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