Kutjamarcoot brevirostrum

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
Superfamilia: Perameloidea
Familia incertae sedis
Genus: †Kutjamarcoot
Species: †Kutjamarcoot brevirostrum

Name

Kutjamarcoot brevirostrum Chamberlain, Travouillon, Archer & Hand, 2016: 199

• Holotype: UCMP:V:100275.
• Type locality and horizon: “Leaf Locality, site code V6213, east side of Lake Ngapakaldi, Tirari Desert, South Australia Age and stratigraphy. The Leaf Locality, which has produced the Kutjamarpu LF, occurs within the Wipajiri Formation, which is estimated to be early Miocene in age”.

References

Primary references

• Chamberlain, P.M., Travouillon, K.J., Archer, M. & Hand, S.J. 2016. Kutjamarcoot brevirostrum gen. et sp. nov., a new short-snouted, early Miocene bandicoot (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) from the Kutjamarpu Local Fauna (Wipajiri Formation) in South Australia. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 40(2): 197–206. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2016.1103525 Reference page.