Liyamayi
Liyamayi dayi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Peramelemorphia |
Family: | Thylacomyidae |
Genus: | †Liyamayi |
Species: | †L. dayi
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Binomial name | |
†Liyamayi dayi |
Liyamayi dayi is a mammal species of the
Taxonomy
A fossil species assigned to a new genus, Liyamayi, in a description by researchers at the Riversleigh fossil area,
Description
A genus known by a single species, Liyamayi dayi is recognised as an early representative of a
The estimates of body mass are from around 650 grams to less than one kilogram. The holotype and only known specimen is a section of the animal's right maxillary with remaining evidence of intact molars M1–M3 and alveoli of the fourth molar.[1]
Distribution and habitat
The distribution of Liyamayi dayi is restricted to Riversleigh, an area rich in series of well preserved fossil mammals. The only known location of specimens is Rick's Sausage Site at Riversleigh, a poorly studied site which is probably middle Miocene, Riversleigh Faunal Zone C approximately 15
References
- ^ S2CID 85622058.
- ^ a b University of Queensland (17 March 2014). "Palaeontologists unearth rare 15-million-year-old bilby". UQ News.