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x Parker, Ronald B.; Toots, Heinrich
  1980
Trace elements in bones as paleobiological indicators. In: A. K. Behrensmeyer & A. P. Hill (eds.), Fossils in the making: vertebrate taphonomy and paleoecology.
Chicago, Univ. Chicago Press (xii + 338): 197-207. 2 tabs. 4 figs.
–Reports that the sodium concentration in enamel of Desmostylus was higher (0.91% by weight) than in terrestrial mammals (205).

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xD 1980Parker & Toots (Desmostylus; sodium content of tooth enamel; 205.)
Desmostylus Marsh, 1888
xD 1980Parker & Toots (sodium content of tooth enamel; 205.)