Biology:Propleopus chillagoensis
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Short description: Extinct species of marsupial
Propleopus chillagoensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Hypsiprymnodontidae |
Genus: | †Propleopus |
Species: | †P. chillagoensis
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Binomial name | |
†Propleopus chillagoensis Archer et al., 1978
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Propleopus chillagoensis is an extinct species of marsupial, of the genus Propleopus. It was found in new North Queensland, and is related to the musky rat-kangaroo.[1] Propleopus chillagoensis was likely omnivorous.
References
- ↑ M. Archer; A. Bartholomai; L. G. Marshall (1978). "Propleopus chillagoensis, a new North Queensland species of extinct giant rat–kangaroo (Macropodidae: Potorinae)". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 39: 55–60. doi:10.24199/J.MMV.1978.39.04.
Wikidata ☰ Q72082191 entry
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