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Extinct genus of marsupials
Pildra is an
extinct
genus of
Pseudocheiridae from the
Oligocene–
Miocene of Australia.
[1]
[2] Specimens have been collected from the
Tirari Desert and
Frome Basin in northern South Australia and the Oligo-Miocene freshwater limestone deposits of the
Riversleigh World Heritage Area in northwestern Queensland.
[3]
It is estimated to have weighed between 100 and 300 g (3.5 and 10.6 oz).
[4]
References
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^ Megirian, D; Murray, P; Schwartz, L; von der Borch, C (8 September 2004).
"Late Oligocene Kangaroo Well Local Fauna from the Ulta Limestone (new name), and climate of the Miocene oscillation across central Australia" (PDF). Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 51 (5): 701–741.
Bibcode:
2004AuJES..51..701M.
doi:
10.1111/j.1400-0952.2004.01085.x.
S2CID
130136211. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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^ Megirian, Dirk; Prideaux, Gavin J; Murray, Peter F; Smit, Neil (2010).
"An Australian land mammal age biochronological scheme" (PDF). Paleobiology. 36 (4): 658–671.
doi:
10.1666/09047.1.
S2CID
55376525. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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^ Roberts, Karen K; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J; Godthelp, Henk (8 March 2007).
"New genus and species of extinct Miocene ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3560): 1–15.
doi:
10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3560[1:NGASOE]2.0.CO;2.
S2CID
40527729. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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^ Roberts, Karen K; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J; Godthelp, Henk (2009). "New Australian Oligocene to Miocene ringtail possums (Pseudocheiridae) and revision of the genus Marlu". Palaeontology. 52 (2): 441–456.
Bibcode:
2009Palgy..52..441R.
doi:
10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00852.x.
S2CID
129797837.