Ganawamaya ornata Cooke 1992 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Full reference: B. N. Cooke. 1992. Primitive macropodids from Riversleigh, north-western Queensland. Ameghiniana 16(3):201-217

Belongs to Ganawamaya according to L. R. S. Schwartz and D. Megirian 2004

Sister taxa: Ganawamaya acris, Ganawamaya aediculis, Ganawamaya aediculus

Type specimen: QM F16842, a mandible (an anterior fragment of a left dentary containing I1 and alveoli for P2 - M3). Its type locality is Wayne's Wok Site, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian terrestrial limestone in Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Wayne's Wok Site

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