Pleistocene fossil vertebrate sites of the south east region of South Australia

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 61-90

  Reed, E H ^a   Bourne, S J ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Naracoorte Caves National Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caves; Naracoorte; Pleistocene; Quaternary; South Australia; South East; Vertebrate fossils; Vertebrate palaeontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043233354     PISSN: 00855812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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