Muramura williamsi Pledge 1987 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Wynyardiidae

Full reference: N. S. Pledge. 1987. Muramura williamsi, a new genus and specis of ?wynyardiid (Marsupialia: Vombatoidea) from the Middle Miocene Etadunna Formation of South Australia. Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evolution 393-400

Belongs to Muramura according to N. S. Pledge 1987

Sister taxon: Muramura pinpensis

Type specimen: SAM P24525, a skeleton (a complete skeleton with articulate skull and jaws). Its type locality is Tedford Locality, SE of, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Etadunna Formation of Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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