Phantasmodon
| Phantasmodon Temporal range:
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| Holotype maxilla of P. travouilloni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | †Keeunamorphia |
| Family: | †Keeunidae |
| Genus: | †Phantasmodon Churchill et al., 2026 |
| Type species | |
| †Phantasmodon travouilloni Churchill et al., 2026
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| Other species | |
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Phantasmodon (lit. 'phantom tooth') is an extinct genus of keeunamorphian marsupial in the family Keeunidae, known from the Early Miocene Riversleigh World Heritage Area of Australia. The genus contains two species: the type species, Phantasmodon travouilloni, known from several teeth and tooth-bearing bones, and Phantasmodon minuferox, known from two teeth.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Churchill, Timothy James; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J.; Beck, Robin M. D. (2026-06-14). "A new metatherian order from Australia (Keeunamorphia, Metatheria), and new Early Miocene species from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland". Journal of Paleontology: 1–30. doi:10.1017/jpa.2026.10238. ISSN 0022-3360.