Kuterintja ngama (Marsupiala, Ilariidae): A revised systematic analysis based on material from the late Oligocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 379-392

  Myers, T J ^a   Archer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ilariidae; Oligocene; Riversleigh; Vombatiformes; White Hunter Site

Indexed keywords

ILARIID; KUTERINTJA; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; OLIGOCENE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0031471771     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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