Sthenurus baileyi sp. nov., a new fossil kangaroo from the pleistocene of southern Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Prideaux, Gavin J ^a   Wells, Roderick T ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brothers Islands; Eyre Peninsula; Naracoorte; Pleistocene; Simosthenurus; Sthenurine kangaroo; Sthenurus; Sthenurus antiquus; Sthenurus baileyi sp. nov.; Victoria Fossil Cave

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041340831     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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