Hypsiprymnodon dennisi Bates et al. 2014 (musky rat-kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Hypsiprymnodontidae

Full reference: H. Bates, K. J. Travoullion, B. Cooke, R. M. D. Beck, S. J. Hand and M. Archer. 2014. Three new Miocene species of musky rat-kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phyloecology, and paleoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(2):383-396

Belongs to Hypsiprymnodon according to H. Bates et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii, Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri

Type specimen: QM F20840, a maxilla (left maxilla with P3, M1-4)

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Riversleigh World Heritage Area (Miocene of Australia)

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