Biology:Wyulda

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Short description: Genus of marsupial

Wyulda
Temporal range: Early Miocene - Recent
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Phalangeridae
Genus: Wyulda
Alexander, 1918
Species
  • Wyulda squamicaudata
  • Wyulda asherjoeli[1]

Wyulda is a genus of phalanger. The scaly-tailed possum is the only extant species, but a single extinct species (Wyulda asherjoeli) from the Miocene is known as well.[2]

References

  1. "Wyulda asherjoeli". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=253278. 
  2. Crosby, K. (2001). "Wyulda asherjoeli, a new phalangerid (Diprotodontia: Marsupialia) from the early Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25: 77–82. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10834632 entry