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KNOWLEDGE of the history and evolution of the mammalian fauna of Australia was meagre until the recent work of Stirton et al.1. They located a sequence of faunas in Central Australia, but precise assessment of the geological ages has been difficult because of the isolation of this area from the established geological section. This communication reports a Pliocene fauna from Victoria which has been dated by the potassium/argon method.
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TURNBULL, W., LUNDELIUS, E. & MCDOUGALL, I. A Potassium/Argon Dated Pliocene Marsupial Fauna from Victoria, Australia. Nature 206, 816 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206816a0
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