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Cookeroo bulwidarri

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Cookeroo bulwidarri was named by Butler et al. (2016). Its type specimen is QM F19798, a partial skull (partial adult skull, slightly warped, with left and right I1–3 alveoli, C1 alveoli, P3, and M1–4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White Hunter Site, which is in a Chattian terrestrial horizon in the Carl Creek Limestone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Cookeroo.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Cookeroo bulwidarri Butler et al. p. 5 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
genusCookeroo
speciesbulwidarri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cookeroo bulwidarri Butler et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. Butler et al. 2016This species differs from Cookeroo hortu- sensis in having the following combination of features: upper molars having distinct contact between the postparacrista and premetacrista forming a centrocrista; P3 with eight cusps and associated transcristae; poorly developed jugal crest; upper cheekteeth that are not buccally convex in the occlusal plane; less developed basioccipital crest; and more cuspate upper molars.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: saltatorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:34:32
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Queensland) Cookeroo bulwidarri (type locality: 135706)