Macropodoid endocranial casts from the early miocene of riversleigh, northwestern queensland

Alcheringa

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-302

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparative neuroanatomy; Endocranial cast; Macropodoid; Neocortex; Sulcus

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

BALBAROO; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPODOIDEA; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242659013     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510308619109     Document Type: Article

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