Pildra is an extinct genus of Pseudocheiridae from the Oligocene–Miocene of Australia.[1][2] Specimens have been collected from the Tirari Desert and Frome Basin in northern South Australia and the Oligo-Miocene freshwater limestone deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in northwestern Queensland.[3]

It is estimated to have weighed between 100 and 300 g (3.5 and 10.6 oz).[4]

References

  1. ^ Megirian, D; Murray, P; Schwartz, L; von der Borch, C (8 September 2004). "Late Oligocene Kangaroo Well Local Fauna from the Ulta Limestone (new name), and climate of the Miocene oscillation across central Australia" (PDF). Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 51 (5): 701–741. Bibcode:2004AuJES..51..701M. doi:10.1111/j.1400-0952.2004.01085.x. S2CID 130136211. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ Megirian, Dirk; Prideaux, Gavin J; Murray, Peter F; Smit, Neil (2010). "An Australian land mammal age biochronological scheme" (PDF). Paleobiology. 36 (4): 658–671. doi:10.1666/09047.1. S2CID 55376525. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  3. ^ Roberts, Karen K; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J; Godthelp, Henk (8 March 2007). "New genus and species of extinct Miocene ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3560): 1–15. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3560[1:NGASOE]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 40527729. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  4. ^ Roberts, Karen K; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J; Godthelp, Henk (2009). "New Australian Oligocene to Miocene ringtail possums (Pseudocheiridae) and revision of the genus Marlu". Palaeontology. 52 (2): 441–456. Bibcode:2009Palgy..52..441R. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00852.x. S2CID 129797837.