Archaeosimos correlli 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 Archaeosimos according to G. J. Prideaux 2004

Sister taxon: Archaeosimos cegsai

Type specimen: SAM P38801, a mandible (partial left juvenile 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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