A new petauroid possum (marsupialia, pseudocheiridae) from the pliocene bluff downs local fauna, northern Queensland

Alcheringa

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 439-444

  Mackness, Brian S ^a,b   Archer, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Australian Museum ^*  (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bluff downs local fauna; Marsupialia; Pliocene; Possum; Pseudocheiridae; Pseudochirops

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PLIOCENE;

AUSTRALIA;

MARSUPIALIA; PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE; PSEUDOCHIROPS WINTERI;

EID: 0035715125     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510108619233     Document Type: Article

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