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Artículo En Versión ISSN 0716 - 0224 MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL CHILE PUBLICACIÓN OCASIONAL N°63/2015 VERTEBRADOS FÓSILES DE CHILE DAVID RUBILAR-ROGERS, RODRIGO OTERO, ALEXANDER VARGAS y MICHEL SALLABERRY EDITORES ISSN 0716 - 0224 MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL CHILE PUBLICACIÓN OCASIONAL N° 63 / 2015 VERTEBRADOS FÓSILES DE CHILE DAVID RUBILAR-ROGERS, RODRIGO OTERO, ALEXANDER VARGAS y MICHEL SALLABERRY EDITORES Motivo de la portada Esqueleto articulado de Balaenopteridae, Mioceno, Formación Bahía Inglesa Fotografía http://cerroballena.si.edu/ 5HIHUHQFLD%LEOLRJUi¿FD Vertebrados fósiles de Chile (Rubilar-Rogers, D., R. Otero, A. Vargas, y M. Sallaberry eds). Publicación Ocasional N°63: 17-465. Este volumen está disponible para su distribución en formato pdf. Toda correspondencia debe dirigirse a: Casilla 787 – Santiago, Chile www.mnhn.cl MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN PÚBLICA Ministro de Educación Adriana Delpiano Puelma Subsecretaría de Educación Valentina Quiroga Canahuate Director de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos Ángel Cabeza Monteira PUBLICACIÓN OCASIONAL DEL MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL CHILE Director Claudio Gómez Papic Editor Herman Núñez Comité Editor Mario Elgueta Gloria Rojas David Rubilar Rubén Stehberg Editores para este volumen Rodrigo Otero David Rubilar Michel Sallaberry Alexander Vargas © Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos Inscripción N° CCCCCCCC Edición de 100 ejemplares Impreso en XXXX A Rodolfo Casamiquela (1932-2008) por sus investigaciones pioneras en vertebrados fósiles de Chile Reconstitución en vivo de †Varasichthys ariasiHQDJXDVGHORFpDQR3DOHRSDFt¿FRGXUDQWHHO2[IRUGLDQR -XUiVLFR HQXQiUHDTXHKR\FRUUHVSRQGHDOD&RUGLOOHUDGH'RPH\NR1RUWHGH&KLOH&DStWXORLos peces osteictios fósiles de 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