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Journal of Paleontology

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DURUDAWIRINES, A NEW GROUP OF PHALANGEROID MARSUPIALS FROM THE MIOCENE OF RIVERSLEIGH, NORTHWESTERN QUEENSLAND

¹ School of Biological Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
² School of Biological Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia and Australian Museum, 6 College St, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia, k.crosby{at}student.unsw.edu.au

The early Miocene Durudawiri inusitatus new genus and species (Marsupialia: Phalangeroidea) is described from the Riversleigh World Heritage Property in northwestern Queensland. It appears to represent the plesiomorphic sister group of the late Oligocene species of Miralina from South Australia. Its molar morphology is not as complex as that of species of Miralina or ektopodontids, but it is more complex than that of phalangerids. The degree of morphological difference between species of Durudawiri and Miralina suggests subfamilial distinction for the two groups. Strange cusps on the upper molars could be interpreted as either large neometaconules and paraconules, or lingually-displaced metacones and paracones with very large stylar cusps on the buccal shelf.