An Australian land mammal age biochronological scheme

Paleobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 658-671

  Megirian, Dirk ^a   Prideaux, Gavin J ^b   Murray, Peter F ^a   Smit, Neil ^c  

^a Museum of Central Australia   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Natural Resources Environment and the Arts   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; CENOZOIC; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; OLIGOCENE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TIMESCALE;

AUSTRALIA;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; WAITEA;

EID: 77956605680     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09047.1     Document Type: Article

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