Bulungu

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Scotokaryota
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
Cladus: Agreodontia
Ordo: Peramelemorphia
Familia incertae sedis
Genus: †Bulungu
Species (†6): †B. campbelli – †B. minkinaensis – †B. muirheadae – †B. palara – †B. pinpaensis – †B. westermani

Name

Bulungu Gurovich, Travouillon, Beck, Muirhead & Archer, 2013: 268

• Type species: Bulungu palara Gurovich, Travouillon, Beck, Muirhead & Archer, 2013, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Gurovich, Y., Travouillon, K.J., Beck, R.M.D., Muirhead, J. & Archer, M. [2013] 2014. Biogeographical implications of a new mouse-sized fossil bandicoot (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) occupying a dasyurid-like ecological niche across Australia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 12(3): 265–290. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2013.776646 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Travouillon, K.J., Beck, R.M.D., Hand, S.J. & Archer, M. 2013. The oldest fossil record of bandicoots (Marsupialia; Peramelemorphia) from the late Oligocene of Australia. Palaeontologia Electronica 16(2): 13A. DOI: 10.26879/363 Reference page. 
• Travouillon, K.J., Beck, R.M.D. & Case, J.A. 2021. Upper Oligocene–lower-Middle Miocene peramelemorphians from the Etadunna, Namba and Wipajiri formations of South Australia. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 45(1): 109–125. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2021.1921274 Reference page.