Giant ringtail possums (Marsupialia, Pseudocheiridae) and giant koalas (Phascolarctidae) from the late cainozoic of Australia

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Volumn 1997, Issue 117, 1997, Pages 3-16

  Archer, Michael ^a   Black, Karen ^a   Nettle, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Koalas; Phascolarctidae; Pleistocene gigantism; Pseudocheiridae; Quaternary; Ringtail possums

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142611654     PISSN: 0370047X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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