Mammalia - Diprotodonta - Pilkipildridae
Full reference: M. Archer, R. H. Tedford, and T. H. Rich. 1987. The Pilkipildridae, a new family and four new species of petauroid possums (Marsupialia: Phalangeridae) from the Australian Miocene. Possums and Opossums: Estudies in Evolution 2:607-627
Belongs to Pilkipildra according to M. Archer et al. 1987
Sister taxon: Pilkipildra handi
Type specimen: SAM P27910, a tooth (lower left M2). Its type locality is Tedford Locality, Lake Palankarinna, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine horizon in the Etadunna Formation of Australia.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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