Miophyllorhina Riversleighensis gen. et sp. nov., a Miocene leaf-nosed bat (Microchiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Riversleigh, Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 351-354

  Hand, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; HIPPOSIDERID; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MIOPHYLLORHINA RIVERSLEIGHENSIS;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 0031471772     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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