Sirenians in southern australia-first fossil record

Alcheringa

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 295-305

  Pledge, Neville S ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dugong; Global warming; High sea level; Murray basin; Pliocene; South australia

Indexed keywords

SIRENIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 84856920973     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510609506868     Document Type: Article

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