An ancient rock painting of a marsupial lion, Thylacoleo carnifex, from the Kimberley, Western Australia

Antiquity

Volumn 83, Issue 319, 2009, Pages

  Akerman, Kim ^a   Willing, Tim ^b  

^a Pearl Sea Coastal Cruises ^*  (Australia)

^b Pearl Sea Coastal Cruises   (Australia)

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EID: 84872163854     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
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