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Congruus kitcheneri<\/em><\/h1>\n

Congruus kitcheneri<\/em>\u00a0is an extinct macropodin kangaroo that was originally described as\u00a0Wallabia kitcheneri<\/em>. The species was adapted to a semiarboreal lifestyle, with several features of its skeleton that align better with tree-kangaroos than ground-dwelling macropodines.<\/p>\n

Check below for more\u00a0Congrus kitcheneri<\/em>\u00a0fossils.<\/p>\n

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\nSpecimen number:<\/strong> WAM P02.07.12
\nGeological age: <\/strong>Pleistocene
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\nSpecimen number:<\/strong> WAM P03.5.3
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Click here to view the Holotype of Congruus kitcheneri<\/em>.<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

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Flannery, T. F. (1989). A new species of\u00a0Wallabia<\/em>\u00a0(Macropodinae: Marsupialia) from Pleistocene deposits in Mammoth Cave, southwestern Western Australia.\u00a0Records of the Western Australian Museum<\/em>,\u00a014<\/em>(3), 299-307.<\/p>\n

Warburton, N. M., & Prideaux, G. J. (2021). The skeleton of\u00a0Congruus<\/em>\u00a0kitcheneri<\/em>, a semiarboreal kangaroo from the Pleistocene of southern Australia.\u00a0Royal Society Open Science<\/em>,\u00a08<\/em>(3), 202216.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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