New crocodilians from the late Oligocene White Hunter Site, Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 423-438

  Willis, Paul M A ^a  

^a Quinkana Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baru; Mekosuchus; Oligocene; Quinkana; Riversleigh

Indexed keywords

BARU; CROCODILIAN; MEKOSUCHUS; OLIGOCENE; QUINKANA; REPTILE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0031471464     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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