Propalorchestes Murray 1986 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Palorchestidae

Full reference: P. F. Murray. 1986. Propalorchestes novaculacephalus gen. et sp. nov., a new palorchestid (Diprotodontoidea: Marsupialia) from the Middle Miocene Camfield Beds, Northern Territory, Australia. Tire Beagle, Occasional Papers of tire Nortlrem Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 3(1):195-211

Parent taxon: Palorchestidae according to P. F. Murray 1986

Sister taxa: Ngapakaldia, Palorchestes, Pitikantia

Subtaxa: Propalorchestes novaculacephalus Propalorchestes ponticulus

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Type: Propalorchestes novaculacephalus

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Bullock Creek (Miocene of Australia)

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