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Crash bandicoot

Mammalia - Peramelemorphia - Peramelidae

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
YearName and author
2014Crash bandicoot Travouillon et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderPeramelemorphiaAmeghino 1889
suborderPerameloidea
familyPeramelidaeGray 1825
genusCrash
speciesbandicoot

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) Crash bandicoot (182167)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Queensland) Crash bandicoot (type locality: 53951)