Bulungu muirheadae Travouillon et al. 2014 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida

Full reference: K. J. Travouillon, R. M. D. Beck, S. J. Hand and M. Archer. 2014. The oldest fossil record of bandicoots (Marsupialia; Peramelemorphia) from the late Oligocene of Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica 16(2):13A

Belongs to Bulungu according to K. J. Travouillon et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Bulungu campbelli, Bulungu palara

Type specimen: QM F10666, a mandible (left dentary with m1-3)

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tedford Locality (site 2) (Oligocene of Australia)

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