Archerium chinchillaensis Wroe and Mackness 2000 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae

Full reference: S. Wroe and B. S. Mackness. 2000. A new genus and species of dasyurid from the Pliocene Chinchilla Local Fauna of south-eastern Queensland. Alcheringa 24(4):319-326

Belongs to Archerium according to S. Wroe and B. S. Mackness 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: QM F39817, a maxilla (fragmentary left maxilla). Its type locality is Chinchilla Riffle Range, which is in a Pliocene alluvial fan sandstone/claystone in the Chinchilla Sand Formation of Australia.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chinchilla Riffle Range

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