A bizarre new family of marsupialia (incertae sedis) from the early Pliocene of northeastern Australia: Implications for the phylogeny of bunodont marsupials

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 749-762

  Beck, Robin M D ^a   Archer, Michael ^a   Godthelp, Henk ^a   Mackness, Brian S ^a   Hand, Suzanne J ^a   Muirhead, Jeannette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; DIET; GONDWANA; MARSUPIAL; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGENE; PHYLOGENY; PLIOCENE; SPECIALIZATION; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BLUFF DOWNS; QUEENSLAND;

METATHERIA; PERAMELEMORPHIA; PERAMELIDAE; ZANCLEA;

EID: 47949089490     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/06-124.1     Document Type: Article

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