Mesozoic to early quaternary mammal faunas of Victoria, South-East Australia

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1237-1262

  Piper, Katarzyna J ^a   Fitzgerald, Erich M G ^a,b   Rich, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cetacea; Faunas; Fossil sites; Marsupialia; Victoria

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE MAMMAL; MESOZOIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 33750625728     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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