Possible evidence for intraspecific aggression in a Pliocene crocodile from north Queensland

Alcheringa

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-62

  Mackness, Brian ^a,b   Sutton, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b University of Queensland ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bluff Downs Local Fauna; Crocodiles; Crocodylus; Palaeopathology; Pallimnarchus; Pliocene; Queensland; Quinkana

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CROCODILIAN; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLIOCENE;

AUSTRALIA;

CROCODYLIA; PALLIMNARCHUS;

EID: 0034108249     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510008619523     Document Type: Article

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