A new giant python from the pliocene bluff downs local fauna of northeastern Queensland

Alcheringa

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 425-437

  Scanlon, John D ^a,b   Mackness, Brian S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bluff downs local fauna; Booidea; Pliocene; Pythonines; Serpentes

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PLIOCENE; SNAKE;

AUSTRALIA;

LIASIS; LIASIS DUBUDINGALA;

EID: 0035714527     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510108619232     Document Type: Article

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