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| '''''Perameles bowensis''''' is an ] species of ]. Fossils have been found in the ] of ].<ref name=mda>Muirhead, J., Dawson, L. & Archer, M. 1997. Perameles bowensis, a new species of ''Perameles'' (Peramelomorphia, Marsupialia) from Pliocene faunas of Bow and Wellington caves, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 17, 163–174.</ref> The bandicoot was about 20 centimeters long.<ref name=mus></ref> It is believed to have gone extinct in the Late Pliocene. | '''''Perameles bowensis''''' is an ] ]-aged species of ]. Fossils have been found in the ] of ].<ref name=mda>Muirhead, J., Dawson, L. & Archer, M. 1997. Perameles bowensis, a new species of ''Perameles'' (Peramelomorphia, Marsupialia) from Pliocene faunas of Bow and Wellington caves, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 17, 163–174.</ref> The bandicoot was about 20 centimeters long.<ref name=mus></ref> It is believed to have gone extinct in the Late Pliocene. | ||
| It is probably most closely related to '']'', a |
It is probably most closely related to '']'', a ]-aged bandicoot from ].<ref name=mus/><ref>Price, G. J. 2002. ''Perameles sobbei'', sp. nov. (Marsupialia, Peramelidae), a Pleistocene bandicoot from the Darling Downs, south-eastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 48, 193-197.</ref><ref>Price, G. J. 2005. Fossil bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelidae) and environmental change during the Pleistocene on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 4, 347-356.</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 06:52, 29 February 2020
| Perameles bowensis Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Peramelemorphia |
| Family: | Peramelidae |
| Genus: | Perameles |
| Species: | P. bowensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Perameles bowensis Muirhead, Dawson, and Archer 1997 | |
Perameles bowensis is an extinct Pliocene-aged species of bandicoot. Fossils have been found in the Wellington Caves of New South Wales. The bandicoot was about 20 centimeters long. It is believed to have gone extinct in the Late Pliocene.
It is probably most closely related to P. sobbei, a Pleistocene-aged bandicoot from Queensland.
References
- Muirhead, J., Dawson, L. & Archer, M. 1997. Perameles bowensis, a new species of Perameles (Peramelomorphia, Marsupialia) from Pliocene faunas of Bow and Wellington caves, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 17, 163–174.
- ^ Australian Museum
- Price, G. J. 2002. Perameles sobbei, sp. nov. (Marsupialia, Peramelidae), a Pleistocene bandicoot from the Darling Downs, south-eastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 48, 193-197.
- Price, G. J. 2005. Fossil bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelidae) and environmental change during the Pleistocene on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 4, 347-356.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Perameles bowensis | |