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New Quaternary records of Conilurus (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species

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  • 1. School of Natural Resource Sciences, Queensland University of Technology GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. E-mail: j2.cramb@student.qut.edu.au;
  • 2. Geosciences, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300 Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia. E-mail: scott.hocknull@qm.qld.gov.au Corresponding author

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Cramb, Jonathan, Hocknull, Scott (2010): New Quaternary records of Conilurus (Rodentia: Muridae) from eastern and northern Australia with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2634 (1): 41-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2634.1.3, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2634.1.3

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