A new species of early Oligocene cetacean from Port Willunga, South Australia

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 123-133

  Pledge, Neville S ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Mysticeti; Oligocene

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; SKULL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

AETIOCETIDAE; CETACEA; MYSTICETI; WILLUNGACETUS ALDINGENSIS;

EID: 21844452164     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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