First fossil bandicoot from the pliocene Chinchilla Local Fauna

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-136

  Mackness, B S ^a,b   Wroe, S ^a   Muirhead, J ^a   Muirhead, C ^b   Wilkinson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bandicoot; Biocorrelation; Chinchilla Local Fauna; Distribution; Peramelemorphia; Perameles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991832647     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am00133     Document Type: Article

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