A new genus and species of dasyurid from the pliocene chinchilla local fauna of south-eastern Queensland

Alcheringa

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-326

  Wroe, Stephen ^a,b,c   Mackness, B S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archerium chinchillaensis; Dasyuridae; Dasyurinae; Dasyuromorphia; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLIOCENE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033671909     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510008619535     Document Type: Article

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