Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Miralinidae
Full reference: M. O. Woodburne, N. S. Pledge, and M. Archer. 1987. The Miralinidae, a new family and two new species of phalangeroids marsupials from Miocene strata of South Australia. Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evolution 2:581-602
Belongs to Miralina according to M. O. Woodburne et al. 1987
Sister taxon: Miralina doylei
Type specimen: SAM P24794, a mandible (left maxillary fragment, M3). Its type locality is Tedford Locality, Lake Palankarinna, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine horizon in the Etadunna Formation of Australia.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Australia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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