Bulungu campbelli 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 muirheadae, Bulungu palara

Type specimen: SAM P13853, a partial skull (right dentary with m1-4 and associated right maxilla fragment with M3 and partial M4). Its type locality is Ngapakaldi Quarry, which is in an Oligocene shoreface mudstone in the Etadunna Formation of Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ngapakaldi Quarry

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