Propalorchestes novaculacephalus

 

The smallest of the palorchestids, Propalorchestes novaculacephalus is known from the middle Miocene Bullock Creek fossil site in the Northern Territory and the early to middle Miocene fossil sites at Riversleigh in northeastern Queensland.

 

Specimen number: NTM P895-478
Geological age: Middle Miocene
State/territory: Bullock Creek
Locality/site: Northern Territory

Partial cranium of the holotype of Propalorchestes novaculacephalus
The holotype specimen of Propalorchestes novaculacephalus NTM P8552-10

Skeletal element: Cranium

Skeletal element: Mandible

Murray, P. F. (1986). Propalorchestes novaculacephalus gen. et sp. nov., a new palorchestid (Diprotodontoidea: Marsupialia) from the Middle Miocene Camfield Beds, Northern Territory, Australia. Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, The, 3, 195-211.

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