Urrayira
| Urrayira Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Genus: | †Urrayira |
| Species: | †U. whitei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Urrayira whitei Cramb et al., 2023 | |
Urrayira is an extinct genus of dasyuromorphian marsupial that lived in Australia during the Chibanian stage of the Pleistocene epoch.
Palaeobiology
[edit]Palaeoecology
[edit]Urrayira whitei was most likely a specialist taxon that inhabited rainforest environments, making it vulnerable to the aridification associated with the Mid-Brunhes climatic shift.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Cramb, Jonathan; Hocknull, Scott; Beck, Robin M. D.; Kealy, Shimona; Price, Gilbert J. (2 October 2023). "Urrayira whitei gen. et sp. nov.: a dasyuromorphian (Mammalia: Marsupialia) with incipient zalambdodonty from the Middle Pleistocene of Queensland, Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 47 (4): 551–561. doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2169351. ISSN 0311-5518. Retrieved 2 January 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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