Bishops whitmorei Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Australosphenida |
Family: | †Ausktribosphenidae |
Genus: | †Bishops Rich et al., 2001 |
Species: | †B. whitmorei
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Binomial name | |
†Bishops whitmorei Rich et al., 2001
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Bishops is an extinct genus of mammals from Early Cretaceous of Australia. The only recorded species, Bishops whitmorei, was found on Flat Rocks, Wonthaggi Formation, Victoria.[1] The genus was named in honour of Dr Barry Bishop, the former Chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bishops". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Rich, T. H.; Flannery, T. F.; Trusler, P.; Kool, L.; van Klaveren, N. A. & Vickers-Rich, P. 2001. "A second tribosphenic mammal from the Mesozoic of Australia." Records of the Queen Victoria Museum 110: 1–9.