Bettongia moyesi Flannery and Archer 1987 (bettong)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae

Full reference: T. F. Flannery and M. Archer. 1987. Bettongia moyesi, a new and plesiomorphic kangaroo (Marsupialia: Potoroidea) from Miocene sediments of northwestern Queensland. Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evolution 2:759-767

Belongs to Bettongia according to T. F. Flannery and M. Archer 1987

Sister taxa: Bettongia leseuri, Bettongia lesueur, Bettongia penicillata

Type specimen: QM F13026, a skull (complete skull with associate dentaries)

Ecology: saltatorial herbivore-insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bettongia moyesi in the database

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