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 bulwidarri
Type specimen: QM F57792, a partial skull (partial adult skull with left and right P3s and M1–4s and broken right M1 and 2). Its type locality is Neville's Garden Site, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Australia.
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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