Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Synonyms: Balantia Illiger 1811, 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, Pocock 1921 and Tate 1937
Sister taxa: Ailuropinae, Cercaertus, Palaeopetaurus, Phalangerinae, Trichosurus, Wyulda, Phascolaretus
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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