†family Mukupirnidae Beck et al. 2020 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Mukupirnidae

Full reference: R. M. D. Beck, J. Louys, P. Brewer, M. Archer, K. H. Black and R. H. Tedford. 2020. A new family of diprotodontian marsupials from the latest Oligocene of Australia and the evolution of wombats, koalas, and their relatives (Vombatiformes). Scientific Reports 10:9741:1-13

Parent taxon: Vombatoidea according to R. M. D. Beck et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Palorchestidae, Vombatidae

Subtaxa: Mukupirna

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Lake Pinpa Site C (Oligocene of Australia)

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