Trichosurus Lesson 1828 (brushtail possum)
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Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Phalangeridae
Parent taxon: Phalangeridae according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994
See also Flannery et al. 1987, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Pocock 1921
Sister taxa: Ailuropinae, Cercaertus, Palaeopetaurus, Phalanger, Phalangerinae, Wyulda, Phascolaretus
Subtaxa: Trichosurus dicksoni Trichosurus hamiltonensis Trichosurus vulpecula
Ecology: arboreal herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (20 collections)
• Pliocene of Australia (3)
• Miocene of Australia (3)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
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