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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 fossil 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> 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==

Latest revision as of 16:27, 26 January 2022

Extinct species of marsupial

Perameles bowensis
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. 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

  1. 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.
  2. ^ Australian Museum
  3. 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.
  4. 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
Perameles bowensis
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