Further Ektopodontidae (Phalangeroidea,Mammalia) from southwestern Victoria |
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| Authors: | Thomas H Rich Katarzyna J Piper David Pickering Sean Wright |
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| Institution: | 1. Museum Victoria , P.O. Box 666E, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 E-mail: trich@museum.vic.gov.au;2. School of Geosciences , Monash University , P.O. Box 28E, Victoria, 3800 E-mail: kjpip1@student.monash.edu;3. Museum Victoria , P.O. Box 666E, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001 E-mail: dpick@museum.vic.gov.au;4. 222 Hurd Street, Portland, Victoria, 3305 |
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| Abstract: | The youngest members of the Ektopodontidae, an enigmatic family of Phalangeroidea, are reported from southwestern Victoria. Four isolated teeth are described as Ektopodon paucicristata sp. nov. (from the ?mid-?late Pliocene, and early Pliocene) and two isolated Pleistocene teeth are assigned to Darcius duggani Rich, 1986. Previously, the youngest known ektopodontid was early Pliocene. |
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| Keywords: | Ektopodontidae Pliocene Pleistocene |
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