Diversity and biostratigraphy of the Diprotodontoidea of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-192

  Black, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diprotodontidae; Palorchestidae; Riversleigh; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAINOZOIC; DIPROTODONT; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; PALORCHESTID;

EID: 0031460432     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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