New material of Gumardee pascuali Flannery et al., 1983 (Marsupialia: Macropodiformes) and two new species from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia
Author
Travouillon, Kenny J.
Author
Butler, Kaylene
Author
Archer, Michael
Author
Hand, Suzanne J.
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Memoirs of Museum Victoria
2016
2016-12-31
74
189
207
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/collections-research/journals/memoirs-of-museum-victoria/volume-74-2016/pages-189-207/
journal article
10.24199/j.mmv.2016.74.16
1447-2554
12213729
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Gumardee
Flannery et al., 1983
Type
species.
Gumardee pascuali
Flannery et al., 1983
Additional
species.
Gumardee richi
sp. nov.
and
G. springae
sp. nov.
Revised generic diagnosis.
Potoroine with elongated and narrow sectorial P3/p3 aligned with molar row, buccal and lingual cingulae on the medial portion of P3, concave lower molar row and convex upper molar row in dorsoventral plane, buccinator sulcus on the dentary, reduced m4/M4 (smaller than m3/M3), and partially lophodont (see definition in methods) molars.
Species of
Gumardee
differ from all hypsiprymnodontids in having elongated sectorial premolars, aligned with the tooth row, and having partially lophodont molars. They differ from
Wabularoo
,
Ganguroo
,
balbarids, sthenurines, macropodines and lagostrophines in having a greatly reduced M4, concave lower molar row and convex upper molar row in dorsoventral plane and having partially lophodont molars. They differ from
Purtia, Ngamaroo
,
Bulungamaya
,
Wakiewakie
and all potoroines, in buccal and lingual cingulae on the medial portion of P3 and being much larger in size.