Nambaroo gillispieae Kear et al. 2007 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Balbaridae

Full reference: B. P. Kear, B. N. Cooke, M. Archer and T. F. Flannery. 2007. Implications of a new species of the Oligo-Miocene kangaroo (Marsupialia Macropodoidea) Nambaroo, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Paleontology 81(6):1147-1167

Belongs to Nambaroo according to B. P. Kear et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Nambaroo bullockensis, Nambaroo couperi, Nambaroo novus, Nambaroo saltavus, Nambaroo tarrinyeri

Type specimen: QM F35432, a partial skeleton (near complete skull (lacking premaxillary region), left dentary and postcranial skeleton including incomplete vertebral series, scapulae, pelvis, fore- and hind)

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nambaroo gillispieae in the database

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