Palorchestes azael (Mammalia, Palorchestidae) from the late Pleistocene Terrace Site Local Fauna, Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 315-320

  Davis, A C ^a,b   Archer, M ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPROTODONT; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; PALORCHESTES AZAEL; PLEISTOCENE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0031458085     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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