A new ‘bone-cracking’ dasyurid (marsupialia), from the miocene of riversleigh, northwestern Queensland

Alcheringa

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-284

  Wroe, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone cracker; Dasyuridae; Dasyuromorphia; Ganbulanyi djadjinguli; Miocene; Riversleigh; Thylacinidae

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

DASYURIDAE; GANBULANYI DJADJINGULI; MARSUPIALIA;

EID: 0032430754     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115519808619205     Document Type: Article

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