Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Phalangeridae
Synonym: Phalangista Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795
Parent taxon: Phalangeridae according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994
See also Flannery et al. 1987, Gray 1825, Illiger 1811, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Pocock 1921
Sister taxa: Ailuropinae, Cercaertus, Palaeopetaurus, Phalangerinae, Trichosurus, Wyulda, Phascolaretus, Balantia
Subtaxa: Phalanger breviceps Phalanger carmelitae Phalanger gymnotis Phalanger intercastellanus Phalanger leucippus Phalanger maculatus Phalanger orientalis Phalanger sericeus Phalanger vestitus Phalangista cookii
Ecology: scansorial herbivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Australian Portland Cement Limited (Pliocene of Australia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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