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Families of Marsupials: Relationships, Evolution and Biogeography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2017

Michael O. Woodburne
Michael O. Woodburne*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
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There are three living infraclasses of Mammalia: Prototheria (Monotremes), Metatheria (Marsupials), and Eutheria (Placentals). The egg-laying, poison-spurred and in other ways morphologically reptile-like monotremes now inhabit Australia and New Guinea. Whereas discussion of their past history (Miocene and Pleistocene of Australia; Woodburne and Tedford, 1975) would be a fascinating topic, that group will not be discussed further here.

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Research Article
Information
Series in Geology, Notes for Short Course , Volume 8: Mammals , 1984 , pp. 48 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © 1984 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

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