Weirdodectes
| Weirdodectes Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Family: | †Malleodectidae |
| Genus: | †Weirdodectes |
| Species: | †W. napoleoni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Weirdodectes napoleoni Churchill et. al., 2025
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Weirdodectes is an extinct genus of malleodectid that lived during the Middle Miocene.
Distribution
[edit]Weirdodectes napoleoni is known from fossils found in Queensland, Australia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Churchill, Timothy J.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J. (5 April 2025). "A new genus and two new species of malleodectid (Marsupialia, Malleodectidae) from the Middle and Late Miocene deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 32 (2). doi:10.1007/s10914-025-09755-6. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 26 May 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.