Burramys Broom 1896 (pygmy possum)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Burramyidae

Parent taxon: Burramyidae according to M. S. Y. Springer et al. 1994

See also Brammall and Archer 1997, McKenna and Bell 1997, Ride 1956 and Turner and McKay 1989

Sister taxon: Cercartetus

Subtaxa: Burramys brutyi Burramys parvus Burramys triradiatus Burramys wakefieldi

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Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (2)

• Neogene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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