†Trichosurus dicksoni Flannery and Archer 1987 (brushtail possum)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Full reference: T. Flannery and M. Archer. 1987. Strigocuscus reidi and Trichosurus dicksoni, two new fossil phalangerids (Marsupialia: Phalangerinae) from the Miocene of northwestern Queensland. Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evolution 2:527-536
Belongs to Trichosurus according to T. Flannery and M. Archer 1987
Sister taxa: Trichosurus hamiltonensis, Trichosurus vulpecula
Type specimen: QM F13077, a partial skull (fragmentary skull plus fragmentary left maxilla). Its type locality is Gag Site, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian lacustrine carbonate in Australia.
Ecology: arboreal herbivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Gag Site
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