Palorchestes pickeringi Piper 2006 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Palorchestidae

Full reference: K. J. Piper. 2006. A new species of Palorchestidae (Marsupialia) from the Pliocene and early Pleistocene of Victoria. Ameghiniana 30(S1):281-294

Belongs to Palorchestes according to K. J. Piper 2006

Sister taxa: Palorchestes anulus, Palorchestes azael, Palorchestes painei, Palorchestes parvus, Palorchestes selestiae

Type specimen: NMV P215941, a mandible (incomplete mandible containing left and right P3, M1-3 and associated M4)

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Nelson Bay Formation (Quaternary of Australia)

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