The late quaternary sediments and fossil vertebrate fauna from cathedral cave, wellington caves, New South Wales

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1997, Issue 117, 1997, Pages 51-78

  Dawson, Lyndall ^a   Augee, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marsupial; Megafauna; Quaternary; Wellington

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442719689     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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