Chaeropus yirratji
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Peramelemorphia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Chaeropodidae
Genus: †Chaeropus
Species: †Chaeropus yirratji
Name
[edit]- †Chaeropus yirratji Travouillon, Simões, Miguez, Brace, Brewer, Stemmer, Price, Cramb & Louys, 2019: 31
Holotype: NMV C468, adult ♂, spirit specimen, with associated skull and dentaries.
Type locality: “Northern Territory”, Australia.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Travouillon, K.J., Simões, B.F., Miguez, R.P., Brace, S., Brewer, P., Stemmer, D., Price, G.J., Cramb, J. & Louys, J. 2019. Hidden in plain sight: reassessment of the pig-footed bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus (Peramelemorphia, Chaeropodidae), with a description of a new species from central australia, and use of the fossil record to trace its past distribution. Zootaxa 4566(1): 1–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4566.1.1. Reference page.