Bishops whitmorei Rich et al. 2001 (mammal)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Bishopidae

Full reference: T. H. Rich, T. F. Flannery, P. Trusler, L. Kool, N. Klavern and P. Vickers-Rich. 2001. A second tribosphenic mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 110:1-10

Belongs to Bishops according to T. F. Flannery et al. 2022

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kool 2002, Poropat et al. 2023, Rich 2001, Rich 2002 and Rich et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMV P210075, a mandible (left mandible). Its type locality is Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park, which is in a Barremian fluvial sandstone/conglomerate in the "Wonthaggi" Formation of Australia.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Flat Rocks, Bunurong Marine Park

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