New miocene bulungamayine kangaroos (Marsupialia: Potoroidae) from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-294

  Cooke, B N ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Balbarines; Bulungamayinae; Kangaroo; Lophodonty; Riversleigh

Indexed keywords

BALBARINE; BULUNGAMAYINE; DENTITION; GANGUROO; KANGAROO; LOPHODONTY; MARSUPIAL; MIOCENE; NOWIDGEE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0031456137     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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