New records of Plio-Pleistocene Koalas from Australia: Palaeoecological and taxonomic implications

Records of the Australian Museum

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-48

  Price, Gilbert J ^a   Zhao, Jian Xin ^a   Feng, Yue Xing ^a   Hocknull, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 67949114024     PISSN: 22014349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.61.2009.1518     Document Type: Article

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