Family Tarsipedidae (possum)
Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Tarsipedidae
Parent taxon: Phalangeriformes according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994
See also Cope 1889, McKenna and Bell 1997, Munemasa et al. 2006, Nowak 1991, Pocock 1921 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Acrobatidae, Burramyidae, Petauridae, Phalangeridae
Subtaxa: Tarsipes
Ecology: scansorial frugivore
Distribution: found only at Koala Cave (Quaternary of Australia)