Barinya
Barinya is a fossil genus from the marsupial family Dasyuridae, which contains the oldest known undoubted dasyurid.[2]
| Barinya Temporal range: Early – middle Miocene | |
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| Subfamily: | Barinyainae Wroe, 1999 |
| Genus: | Barinya Wroe, 1999 |
| Species: | B. wangala |
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| Barinya wangala Wroe, 1999 | |
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Barinya kutjamarpensis | |
The principal differences between Barinya and more recent dasyurids are in the dentition and skull morphology, with Barinya displaying more primitive features. One described fossil exists and at least one remains to be described. This genus has only been found at Riversleigh in Queensland, where it is quite common in deposits from the Oligo-Miocene.[3]
References
- Pippa Binfield; Michael Archer; Suzanne J. Hand; Karen H. Black; Troy J. Myers; Anna K. Gillespie & Derrick A. Arena (2017). "A new Miocene carnivorous marsupial, Barinya kutjamarpensis (Dasyuromorphia), from central Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 41 (1): 46–53. doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1180029.
- Long, J., Archer, M., Flannery, T. and Hand, S. 2002. Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 51. ISBN 0-8018-7223-5.
- Wroe, S. 1999. "The geologically oldest dasyurid, from the Miocene of Riversleigh, north-west Queensland". Paleontology. 42:501-527. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00082.
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