Sthenurus stirlingi Wells and Tedford 1995 (short-faced kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Belongs to Sthenurus according to Wells and Tedford 1995

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

Type specimen: SAM P22533, a skeleton (nearly-complete adult skeleton). Its type locality is Lake Callabonna Fossil Reserve, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (6 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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