Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae
Full reference: M. O. Woodburne. 1984. Wakiewakie lawsoni, a New Genus and Species of Potoroinae (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) of Medial Miocene Age, South Australia. Journal of Paleontology 58(4):1062-1073
Belongs to Wakiewakie according to Woodburne 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SAM P17897, a mandible (left mandible lacking the ascending ramus and angle, with partial alveolus for I1, P3, M1-M3 present.). Its type locality is UCMP Locality V-6213, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Wipajiri Formation of Australia.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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