An alternative method for predicting body mass: The case of the Pleistocene marsupial lion

Paleobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-411

  Wroe, Stephen ^a   Myers, Troy ^b   Seebacher, Frank ^a   Kear, Ben ^c   Gillespie, Anna ^d   Crowther, Mathew ^a   Salisbury, Steve ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Marine Fossil Museum   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY MASS; CRANIUM; MAMMAL; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PANTHERA LEO; THYLACOLEO; THYLACOLEO CARNIFEX;

EID: 0042788916     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2003)029<0403:AAMFPB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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