Archaeosimos cegsai Pledge 1992 (short-faced kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Belongs to Archaeosimos according to Pledge 1992

Sister taxon: Archaeosimos correlli

Type specimen: SAM P31800, a mandible (left adult dentary). Its type locality is Corra-Lynn Cave, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene cave horizon in Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Corra-Lynn Cave

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