ABSTRACT Beginning in 1953, under the inspired leadership of R.A. Stirton, in just over one decade, a systematic program to discover new fossil sites and specimens of Australian terrestrial mammals, dramatically increased the knowledge of their Neogene history on this continent. At the beginning of this program, only a single incomplete skeleton and a handful of isolated teeth of terrestrial mammals were known from three sites. When Stirton died in 1966, nine additional Neogene terrestrial mammal sites had been found and dozens of new species of mammals had been recognized, and in many cases published on – all the result of Stirton’s foresight and determination.

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RA Stirton：澳大利亚哺乳动物古生物学先驱

摘要 从 1953 年开始，在 RA Stirton 的鼓舞人心的领导下，在短短十多年的时间里，一项发现澳大利亚陆生哺乳动物新化石遗址和标本的系统计划，极大地增加了他们对这块大陆新近纪历史的了解。在该计划开始时，从三个地点只知道一个不完整的骨骼和少数陆生哺乳动物的孤立牙齿。斯特顿于 1966 年去世时，又发现了九个新第三纪陆生哺乳动物遗址，并确认了数十种新的哺乳动物物种，并在许多情况下发表了——所有这些都是斯特顿的远见和决心的结果。