†Tjukuru Prideaux and Tedford 2012 (kangaroo)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Full reference: G. J. Prideaux and R. H. Tedford. 2012. Tjukuru wellsi, gen. et sp. nov., a lagostrophine kangaroo (Diprotodontia, Macropodidae) from the Pliocene (Tirarian) of northern South Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):717-721
Parent taxon: Lagostrophinae according to G. J. Prideaux and R. H. Tedford 2012
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Tjukuru wellsi
Type: Tjukuru wellsi
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Stirton Quarry (Pliocene of Australia)
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