Malleodectes

Malleodectes
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: †Malleodectidae
Archer et al., 2016
Genus: †Malleodectes
Arena et al., 2011 [1]
Type species
Malleodectes mirabilis Arena et al. 2011
Species

M. mirabilis Arena et al. 2011
M. moenia Arena et al. 2011
M.? wentworthi Churchill et al. 2023

Malleodectes is an extinct genus of unusual marsupial, first discovered in 2011 at Riversleigh, Queensland, Australia.[2]

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