Thylogale sp. nov. 'New Guinea'
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Thylogale cf. brunii
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
Distribution
New Guinea
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Flannery, Timothy F. (1992). Taxonomic revision of the Thylogale brunii complex (Macropodidae: Marsupialia) in Melanesia, with description of a new species. Australian Mammalogy 15: 7-23.
Flannery, Timothy F. (1995). Mammals of New Guinea. Australian Museum/Reed New Holland, Sydney.
Flannery, Timothy F. (1999). The Pleistocene mammal fauna of Kelangurr Cave, central montane Irian Jaya, Indonesia. In: Baynes, Alexander and Long, John A. (eds.). Papers in vertebrate palaeontology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement No. 57: 341-350.
Hope, Geoffrey S., Flannery, Timothy F. and Boeadi. (1993). A preliminary report of changing Quaternary mammal faunas in subalpine New Guinea. Quaternary Research 40(1): 117-126. [Abstract]
Hope, J. H. (1981). A new species of Thylogale (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from Mapala Rock Shelter, Jaya (Carstensz) Mountains, Irian Jaya (western New Guinea), Indonesia. Records of the Australian Museum 33(8): 369-387.
Sutton, Alice, Mountain, Mary-Jane, Aplin, Ken, Bulmer, Susan and Denham, Tim. (2009). Archaeozoological records for the highlands of New Guinea: A review of current evidence. Australian Archaeology 69: 41-58.
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