Quinkana babarra, a new species of ziphodont mekosuchine crocodile from the Early Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna, Northern Australia with a revision of the genus

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1996, Issue 116, 1996, Pages 143-151

  Willis, P M A ^a   Mackness, B S ^b  

^a Quinkana Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bluff Downs; Crocodile; Mekosuchine; Quinkana

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001287565     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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