Wabularoo naughtoni Archer 1979 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Full reference: M. Archer. 1979. Wabularoo naughtoni gen. et sp. nov., an enigmatic kangaroo (Marsupialia) from the Middle Tertiary Carl Creek Limestone of Northwestern Queensland. Results of the E. Lemley Expeditions,Part 4. Memories of Queensland Museum 19(3):299-307

Belongs to Wabularoo according to R. Archer 1979

See also Flannery et al. 1982 and Travouillon et al. 2015

Sister taxon: Wabularoo prideauxi

Type specimen: QM F9177, a mandible (right dentary fragment with P3, M2-3 and part of M4). Its type locality is Gag Site, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian lacustrine carbonate in Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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