Perameles bowensis, a new species of perameles (Peramelemorphia, Marsupialia) from Pliocene faunas of Bow and Wellington Caves, New South Wales

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1997, Issue 117, 1997, Pages 163-174

  Muirhead, Jeanette ^a   Dawson, Lyndall ^a   Archer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bandicoot; Big Sink Local Fauna; Bow Local Fauna; Perameles; Pliocene; Wellington Caves

Indexed keywords

METATHERIA; PERAMELEMORPHIA; PERAMELES; ZANCLEA;

EID: 0005722533     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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