Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Full reference: K. Butler, K. J. Travouillon, G. J. Price, M. Archer, and S. J. Hand. 2016. Cookeroo, a new genus of fossil kangaroo (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(3):e1083029
Belongs to Cookeroo according to K. Butler et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Cookeroo hortusensis
Type specimen: QM F19798, a partial skull (partial adult skull, slightly warped, with left and right I1–3 alveoli, C1 alveoli, P3, and M1–4). Its type locality is White Hunter Site, which is in a Chattian terrestrial horizon in the Carl Creek Limestone Formation of Australia.
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at White Hunter Site
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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