Name - Propalorchestes Murray 1986

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:598912 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Propalorchestes

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Original Description Reference

• Propalorchestes novaculacephalus gen. et sp. nov., a new palorchestid (Diprotodontoidea: Marsupialia) from the Middle Miocene Camfield Beds, Northern Territory, Australia. Beagle, 3(1) 1986: 195-211. [Zoological Record Volume 123]

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Recent Publications

• Propalorchestes novaculacephalus gen. et sp. nov., a new palorchestid (Diprotodontoidea: Marsupialia) from the Middle Miocene Camfield Beds, Northern Territory, Australia.
• Primitive marsupial tapirs (Propalorchestes novaculacephalus Murray and P. ponticulus sp. nov.) from the mid-Miocene of north Australia (Marsupialia: Palorchestidae).
• Description of new material for Propalorchestes novaculacephalus (Marsupialia: Palorchestidae) from the mid Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland.
• The extraordinary osteology and functional morphology of the limbs in Palorchestidae, a family of strange extinct marsupial giants.

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