A diverse Pleistocene marsupial trackway assemblage from the Victorian Volcanic Plains, Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 591-610

  Carey, Stephen P ^a   Camens, Aaron B ^b   Cupper, Matthew L ^c   Grün, Rainer ^d   Hellstrom, John C ^c   McKnight, Stafford W ^a   Mclennan, Iain ^a   Pickering, David A ^e   Trusler, Peter ^f   Aubert, Maxime ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diprotodontid; Gait; Ichnology; Pleistocene; Trackways; Victoria

Indexed keywords

DIPROTODONTID; GAIT; ICHNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TRACKWAYS; VICTORIA;

MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

FOSSIL RECORD; ICHNOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRACKWAY; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

DIPROTODON; DIPROTODON OPTATUM; DIPROTODONTIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; METATHERIA; THYLACOLEO CARNIFEX; VOMBATIDAE;

EID: 79952041219     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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