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Perameles wilkinsonorum

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Perameles wilkinsonorum
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Peramelemorphia
Family: Peramelidae
Genus: Perameles
Species:
P. wilkinsonorum
Binomial name
Perameles wilkinsonorum
Travouillon et. al., 2017

Perameles wilkinsonorum is an extinct species of maursupial in the genus Perameles that lived during the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

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P. wilkinsonorum is known from the Chinchilla Local Fauna of Queensland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Travouillon, Kenny J.; Louys, Julien; Price, Gilbert J.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J.; Muirhead, Jeanette (3 September 2017). "A review of the Pliocene bandicoots of Australia, and descriptions of new genus and species". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (5): e1360894. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1360894. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 26 June 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.