New marsupial from the fort union formation, swain quarry, wyoming

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1023-1031

  Johanson, Zerina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIDELPHIDAE; METATHERIA;

DIDELPHIDAE; HERPETOTHERIINAE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; PALAEOCENE; SWAINDELPHYS;

USA, WYOMING, SWAIN QUARRY;

EID: 0030439582     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000038725     Document Type: Article

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