Australlus, a new genus for Gallinula disneyi (Aves: Rallidae) and a description of a new species from Oligo-Miocene deposits at Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia

Records of the Australian Museum

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-77

  Worthy, Trevor H ^a   Boles, Walter E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 79960899854     PISSN: 22014349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3853/J.0067-1975.63.2011.1563     Document Type: Article

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