Late pleistocene egernia group skinks (squamata: Scincidae) from Devils Lair, Western Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-51

  Hollenshead, Marci G ^a   Mead, Jim I ^b   Swift, Sandra L ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave; Egernia; Pleistocene; Scincidae; Skink; Western australia

Indexed keywords

CAVE; FOSSIL RECORD; LIZARD; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EGERNIA; MAMMALIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; TRACHYDOSAURUS RUGOSUS;

EID: 79951718057     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2010.481827     Document Type: Article

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