Numbigilga Beck et al. 2008 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Numbigilgidae

Full reference: R. M. D. Beck, M. Archer, H. Godthelp, B. S. Mackness, S. J. Hand and J. Muirhead. 2008. A bizarre new family of Marsupialia (Incertae sedis) from the Early Pliocene of northeastern Australia: implications for the phylogeny of bunodont marsupials. Journal of Paleontology 82(4):749-762

Parent taxon: Numbigilgidae according to R. M. D. Beck et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Numbigilga ernielundeliusi

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Type: Numbigilga ernielundeliusi

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Bluff Downs station, Main Quarry (Pliocene of Australia)

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