Bulungu (genus)

Bulungu
Temporal range: Oligocene - Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Genus: Bulungu
Gurovichet al., 2013
Species
  • B. palara Gurovich et al., 2013 (type)
  • B. muirheadae Travouillon et al., 2013
  • B. campbelli Travouillon et al., 2013

Bulungu (genus) is an extinct genus of mouse-sized bandicoot from Oligo-Miocene deposits of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, and the Etadunna Formation, Australia. It was first named by Y. Gurovich, K.J. Travouillon, R.M.D. Beck, J. Muirhead and M. Archer in 2013 and the type species is Bulungu palara.[1] Two additional species, B. muirheadae and B. campbelli, were described in 2013. Bulungu muirheadae is the oldest fossil bandicoot recovered to date.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Gurovich, Y., Travouillon, K.J., Beck, R.M.D., Muirhead, J. and Archer, M., 2013. Biogeographical implications of a new mouse-sized fossil bandicoot (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) occupying a dasyurid-like ecological niche across Australia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, DOI:10.1080/14772019.2013.776646.
  2. ↑ Travouillon, K.J., Beck, R.M.D., Hand, S. J. and Archer, M., 2013. The oldest fossil record of bandicoots (Marsupialia; Peramelemorphia) from the late Oligocene of Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica, Vol. 16, Issue 2; 13A 52p.
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