A late Pleistocene occurrence of Diprotodon at Hallett Cove, South Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-44

  Pledge, N S ^a   Prescott, J R ^b   Hutton, John T ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diprotodon; Hallett Cove; Late Pleistocene; Thermoluminescence dating

Indexed keywords

DIPROTODON;

EID: 0041419310     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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