Sthenurus murrayi Prideaux 2004 (short-faced kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Full reference: G. J. Prideaux. 2004. Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos. UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146:1-623

Belongs to Sthenurus according to G. J. Prideaux 2004

Sister taxa: Sthenurus andersoni, Sthenurus notabilis, Sthenurus stirlingi, Sthenurus tindalei

Type specimen: NMV P28267, a partial skull (partial juvenile cranium consisting of partial left and right maxillae and premaxillae). Its type locality is Site 50, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Site 50

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