Bettongia pusilla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangerida Superfamilia: Macropodoidea

Familia: Potoroidae
Subfamilia: Bettongiinae
Genus: Bettongia
Species: †Bettongia pusilla

Name

Bettongia pusilla McNamara, 1997: 98

• Holotype: SAMA P35450, right dentary.
• Type locality: “Koonalda Cave, Nullarbor Plain, South Australia, specifically, spit 6 of trench A of the Gallus site.

References

Primary references

• McNamara, J.A. 1997. Some smaller macropod fossils of South Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 117: 97–105. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Burbidge, A.A. & Woinarski, J.C.Z. 2025. IUCN: Bettongia pusilla  (Extinct). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T136805A258653869. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T136805A258653869.en. Accessed on 05 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Nullarbor-Bürstenrattenkänguru
• English: Nullarbor Dwarf Bettong
• español: Betong de Nullarbor
• français: Bettong de Nullarbor