Silvaroo bila Dawson 2004 (kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Full reference: L. R. S. Dawson. 2004. A new fossil genus of forest wallaby (Marsupialia, Macropodinae) and a review of Protemnodon from eastern Australia and New Guinea. Alcheringa 28(1):275-290

Belongs to Silvaroo according to L. R. S. Dawson 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: QM F43280 (WILK 3706), a mandible (adult left mandibular ramus with P3, M1-4, diastema broken off posterior to I1). Its type locality is Chinchilla Riffle Range, which is in a Pliocene alluvial fan sandstone/claystone in the Chinchilla Sand Formation of Australia.

Ecology: saltatorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Chinchilla Riffle Range

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