- Author: Annalisa Berta
- Date: 02 Oct 2017
- Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Original Languages: English
- Format: Hardback::216 pages
- ISBN10: 1421423251
- Country Baltimore, MD, United States
- Dimension: 216x 279x 19mm::998g Download: The Rise of Marine Mammals 50 Million Years of Evolution
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