Pseudochirops winteri Mackness and Archer 2001 (green ringtail)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae

Full reference: B. S. Mackness and M. Archer. 2001. A new petauroid possum (Marsupialia, Pseudocheiridae) from the Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna, northern Queensland. Alcheringa 25(4):439-444

Belongs to Pseudochirops according to B. S. Mackness and M. Archer 2001

Sister taxa: Pseudochirops albertisii, Pseudochirops archeri, Pseudochirops corinnae, Pseudochirops coronatus, Pseudochirops cupreus

Type specimen: QM F23224, a mandible (a left juvenile dentary fragment with M2 and fragments of M3)

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Main Quarry, Allingham Formation, BluffDowns Station (Pliocene of Australia)

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