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THE reconstruction by Szalay of the only known skull (CR 125, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris) of the Palaeocene primate Plesiadapis was presented1 as differing from previous reconstructions2–4 in the occlusal relationship of the enlarged procumbent incisors and in the relationship of the bones of the snout.
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GINGERICH, P. Cranium of Plesiadapis. Nature 232, 566 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/232566a0
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