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The Malagasy Vertebrate fauna, nowadays represented by types of medium or small size, shows many original features; however, it is but a relic of a far more diversified fauna, whose largest species in particular occur abundantly in a state of ossification. Their freshness is proof of their recent age; these are the subfossils.
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Mahe, J. (1972). The Malagasy Subfossils. In: Battistini, R., Richard-Vindard, G. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology in Madagascar. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7159-3_10
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