The geologically oldest Dasyurid, from the Miocene of Riversleigh, north-west Queensland

Palaeontology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 501-527

  Wroe, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARSUPIAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BARINYA WANGALA; CRANIA; DASYURIDAE; DASYUROMORPHIA; METATHERIA; THERIA;

EID: 0032722686     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00082     Document Type: Article

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