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P3326
First skeleton of the notoungulate mammal Notostylops murinus and palaeobiology of Eocene Notostylopidae.
First skeleton of the notoungulate mammal Notostylops murinus and palaeobiology of Eocene Notostylopidae.

P402
Total evidence phylogeny of arctoids
Total evidence phylogeny of arctoids

P3605
Histological evidence of trauma in tusks of southern African dicynodonts
Histological evidence of trauma in tusks of southern African dicynodonts

P647
Aops oncodactylus, gen. et sp. nov., the first troglobitic urodacid (Urodacidae : Scorpiones), with a re-assessment of cavernicolous, troglobitic and troglomorphic scorpions
Aops oncodactylus, gen. et sp. nov., the first troglobitic urodacid (Urodacidae : Scorpiones), with a re-assessment of cavernicolous, troglobitic and troglomorphic scorpions

P3717
Size, shape, and direction matters: matching secondary genital structures in male and female mites using multiple microscopy techniques and 3D modeling
Size, shape, and direction matters: matching secondary genital structures in male and female mites using multiple microscopy techniques and 3D modeling
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