An 'ameridelphian' marsupial from the early Eocene of Australia supports a complex model of Southern hemisphere marsupial biogeography

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 715-729

  Beck, Robin M D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ameridelphia; Australia; Australidelphia; Eocene; Gondwana; Marsupialia

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; MARSUPIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOGENE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FOSSILS; MARSUPIALIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DJARTHIA; DROMICIOPS; METATHERIA; MICROBIOTHERIA;

EID: 84866253127     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0953-x     Document Type: Article

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