Borungaboodie hatcheri Prideaux 1999 (giant bettong)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae

Full reference: G. J. Prideaux. 1999. Borungaboodie hatcheri gen. et sp. Nov., a very large bettong (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) from the Pleistocene of south western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 57:317-329

Belongs to Borungaboodie according to G. J. Prideaux 1999

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: WAM 97.5.1, a mandible (Right Dentary with i1,p3,m1-4. Lacking acending ramus).

Ecology: scansorial herbivore-insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Borungaboodie hatcheri in the database

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