Maximucinus muirheadae, gen. et sp. nov. (Thylacinidae: Marsupialia), from the miocene of Riversleigh, north-western Queensland, with estimates of body weights for fossil thylacinids

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 603-614

  Wroe, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FOSSIL; MARSUPIAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON;

AUSTRALIA;

DASYURUS; DASYURUS MACULATUS; DASYURUS VIVERRINUS; METATHERIA; REPTILIA; THYLACINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035706462     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO01044     Document Type: Article

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