Bulungamaya delicata Flannery et al. 1982 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Synonym: Nowidgee matrix Cooke 1997

Full reference: T. F. Flannery, M. Archer, and M. Plane. 1982. Middle Miocene kangaroos (Macropodoidea: Marsupialia) from three localities In Northern Australia, with a description of two new subfamilies. BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics 7(4):287-302

Belongs to Bulungamaya according to K. J. Travouillon et al. 2014

See also Cooke 1997 and Flannery et al. 1982

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Bulungamaya delicata: CPC22187, a mandible (Fragmentary left denture containing I" P" M,_, ).
  • Nowidgee matrix: QM F30390, a mandible (right dentary fragment). Its type locality is Creaser’s Ramparts Site, which is in a Miocene cave carbonate in Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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