Burramys brutyi Brammall and Archer 1997 (pygmy possum)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Burramyidae

Full reference: J. Brammall and M. Archer. 1997. A new Oligocene-Miocene species of Burramys (Marsupilia, Burramyidae) from Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(2):247-268

Belongs to Burramys according to J. Brammall and M. Archer 1997

Sister taxa: Burramys parvus, Burramys triradiatus, Burramys wakefieldi

Type specimen: QM F30102, a mandible (a left dentary with I1, P1-3, M1-2 and alveoli for I2 and M3-4)

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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