Implications of a new species of the Oligo-Miocene kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) Nambaroo, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1147-1167

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a,b   Cooke, Bernard N ^c   Archer, Michael ^d   Flannery, Timothy F ^e  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; FOSSIL; MARSUPIAL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; SKELETON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EKALTADETA IMA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPODOIDEA; METATHERIA;

EID: 36249016974     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/04-218.1     Document Type: Article

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