Simosthenurus cegsai Pledge 1992 (short-faced kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

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

Belongs to Simosthenurus according to N. S. Pledge 1992

Sister taxa: Simosthenurus antiquus, Simosthenurus baileyi, Simosthenurus brachyselenis, Simosthenurus euryskaphus, Simosthenurus maddocki, Simosthenurus occidentalis, Simosthenurus pales, Simosthenurus tirarensis

Type specimen: SAM P31800, a mandible. Its type locality is Curramulka Quarry, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill horizon in Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Curramulka Quarry

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