A new genus and species, badjcinus turnbulli (Thylacinidae: Marsupialia), from the late oligocene of riversleigh, northern australia, and an investigation of thylacinid phylogeny

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 612-626

  Muirhead, Jeanette ^a   Wroe, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0032332096     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011088     Document Type: Article

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