Muribacinus gadiyuli, (thylacinidae: marsupialia), a very plesiomorphic thylacinid from the Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, and the problem of paraphyly for the Dasyuridae (marsupialia)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1032-1044

  Wroe, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DASYURIDAE; DASYUROMORPHIA; METATHERIA; NIMBACINUS; NIMBACINUS DICKSONI; THYLACINIDAE;

DASYURIDAE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MIOCENE; MURIBACINUS GADIYULI; PARAPHYLY; THYLACINID;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0030435107     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000038737     Document Type: Article

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