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Article: A new species of the wombat Warendja from late Miocene deposits at Riversleigh, north-west Queensland, Australia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2007
Page(s): 811 – 828
Author(s): Philippa Brewer, Michael Archer, Suzanne Hand and Henk Godthelp
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BREWER, P., ARCHER, M., HAND, S., GODTHELP, H. 2007. A new species of the wombat Warendja from late Miocene deposits at Riversleigh, north-west Queensland, Australia. Palaeontology, 50, 4, 811–828.

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