Pliocene and earlier pleistocene marsupial evolution in southeastern australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 30, Issue , 2006, Pages 313-322

  Tedford, R H ^a   Wells, R T ^b   Prideaux, G J ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Western Australian Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Evolution; Marsupials; Megafauna; Monotremes; Placentals; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

DIPROTODON; EKTOPODONTIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; EUTHERIA; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 77749345102     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510609506870     Document Type: Article

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