Perameles sobbei Price, 2002:194
Sobbe's bandicoot (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Now treated as a synonym of Perameles fasciata (Travouillon, 2023; Travouillon et al., 2024).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Perameles fasciata) (Travouillon, 2023; Travouillon et al., 2024)
Last record: 40-45ka (Price, 2005)
Distribution
Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Price, Gilbert J. (2002). Perameles sobbei, sp. nov. (Marsupialia, Peramelidae), a Pleistocene bandicoot from the Darling Downs, south-eastern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(1): 193-197.
Other references:
Price, Gilbert J. (2005). Fossil bandicoots (Marsupialia, Peramelidae) and environmental change during the Pleistocene on the Darling Downs, southeastern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(4): 347-356.
Travouillon, Kenny J. (2023). First fossil record of Perameles fasciata from New South Wales and Queensland: reassessment of Perameles sobbei. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2175034
Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 24 November 2024]
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