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Crash bandicoot
Taxonomy
Crash bandicoot was named by Travouillon et al. (2014). Its type specimen is QM F56245, a maxilla (right maxilla containing M1-3 and the alveoli for M4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AL90 Site, which is in a Miocene cave horizon in Australia. It is the type species of Crash.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2014 | Crash bandicoot Travouillon et al. |
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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.
†Crash bandicoot Travouillon et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979 | |||||
Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Crash bandicoot (182167) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Crash bandicoot (type locality: 53951) |