Crash bandicoot Travouillon et al. 2014 (bandicoot)

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

Full reference: K. J. Travouillon, S. J. Hand, M. Archer and K. H. Black. 2014. Earliest modern bandicoot and bilby (Marsupialia, Peramelidae and Thylacomyidae) from the Miocene of Riversleigh World Heritage area, northwestern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2):375-382

Belongs to Crash according to K. J. Travouillon et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: QM F56245, a maxilla (right maxilla containing M1-3 and the alveoli for M4). Its type locality is AL90 Site, which is in a Miocene cave horizon in Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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