Family Burramyidae Broom 1898 (pygmy possum)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Burramyidae

Parent taxon: Phalangeriformes according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994

See also Brammall and Archer 1997, Dawson et al. 1999, McKenna and Bell 1997, Munemasa et al. 2006 and Nowak 1991

Sister taxa: Acrobatidae, Petauridae, Phalangeridae, Tarsipedidae

Subtaxa: Burramys Cercartetus

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Ecology: arboreal insectivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (19 collections)

• Pliocene to Holocene of Australia (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (3)

• Neogene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

Total: 30 collections including 42 occurrences

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