Ekaltadeta jamiemulvaneyi

Ekaltadeta jamiemulvaneyi; Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Hypsiprymnodontidae
Genus:	†Ekaltadeta
Species:	†E. jamiemulvaneyi
Binomial name
	†Ekaltadeta jamiemulvaneyi; Wroe[1]

Ekaltadeta jamiemulvaneyi is a species of potoroid marsupial that existed in later periods of Miocene Australia.

Taxonomy

The description of Ekaltadeta jamiemulvaneyi was assigned to a new genus Ekaltadeta by Stephen Wroe in 1996, assigning it to the genus erected for another species. The author reviewed the phylogeny of Ekaltadeta and gave a revised description of the genus.[1]

The specific epithet jamiemulvaneyi refers to an honour given to J. Mulvaney as a supporter of the Riversleigh Society.[1] The generic name means "powerful tooth".[2]

Description

Ekaltadeta jamiemulveneyi describes a very large species of the propleopine group.[1]

Distribution

A species of Riversleigh fauna, only known from that area in the north of Queensland. The specimens used in the first description were obtained at two sites in the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, the "Encore" and "Cleft of Ages" sites. The sites of deposition are dated to period toward the end of the Middle or the beginning of the late Miocene.[1]

References

Wroe, S. (1996). "An Investigation of Phylogeny in the Giant Extinct Rat Kangaroo Ekaltadeta (Propleopinae, Potoroidae, Marsupialia)". Journal of Paleontology. 70 (4): 681–690. doi:10.1017/S0022336000023635. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1306529.
Archer, M.; Flannery, T. (1985). "Revision of the Extinct Gigantic Rat Kangaroos (Potoroidae: Marsupialia), with Description of a New Miocene Genus and Species and a New Pleistocene Species of Propleopus". Journal of Paleontology. 59 (6): 1331–1349. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1304948.

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[Wroe1996-1] Wroe, S. (1996). "An Investigation of Phylogeny in the Giant Extinct Rat Kangaroo Ekaltadeta (Propleopinae, Potoroidae, Marsupialia)". Journal of Paleontology. 70 (4): 681–690. doi:10.1017/S0022336000023635. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1306529.

[Archer1985-2] Archer, M.; Flannery, T. (1985). "Revision of the Extinct Gigantic Rat Kangaroos (Potoroidae: Marsupialia), with Description of a New Miocene Genus and Species and a New Pleistocene Species of Propleopus". Journal of Paleontology. 59 (6): 1331–1349. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1304948.