Temporal overlap of humans and giant lizards (Varanidae; Squamata) in Pleistocene Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 125, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-105

  Price, Gilbert J ^a   Louys, Julien ^a,d   Cramb, Jonathan ^a   Feng, Yue xing ^a   Zhao, Jian xin ^a   Hocknull, Scott A ^b   Webb, Gregory E ^a   Nguyen, Ai Duc ^a   Joannes Boyau, Renaud ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dating; Megafauna; Megafauna extinction hypotheses; Monitor lizards; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL SCALE; DATING; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; MEGAFAUNA; MONITOR LIZARDS; PLEISTOCENE; TEMPORAL OVERLAP; TESTING HYPOTHESIS;

DEPOSITS;

BIOCHRONOLOGY; CAVE DEPOSIT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATING METHOD; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; PLEISTOCENE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS;

EID: 84939825843     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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