Corracheirus Pledge 1992 (ringtail possum)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Pseudocheiridae

Full reference: N. S. Pledge. 1992. The Curramulka local fauna: a new Late Tertiary fossil assemblage from Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The Beagles Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 9(1):115-142

Parent taxon: Pseudocheiridae according to N. S. Pledge 1992

Sister taxa: Gawinga, Marlu, Paljara, Petauroides, Pildra, Pseudocheirus, Pseudochirops

Subtaxa: Corracheirus curramulkensis

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Type: Corracheirus curramulkensis

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Curramulka Quarry (Quaternary of Australia)

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