An early Pleistocene record of a giant koala (Phascolarctidae, Marsupialia) from western Victoria

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-223

  Piper, Katarzyna J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early Pleistocene; Nelson Bay; Phascolarctidae; Phascolarctos stirtoni; Victoria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982285045     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am05221     Document Type: Short Survey

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