Stratigraphy and phylogeny of the giant extinct Rat kangaroos (Propleopinae, Hypsiprymnodontidae, Marsupialia)

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 449-456

  Wroe, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Ekaltadeta; Hypsiprymnodontidae; Propleopinae; Riversleigh

Indexed keywords

EKALTADETA; HYPSIPRYMNODONTIDAE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; PHYLOGENY; PROPLEOPINAE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0031471770     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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