Galadi

Gah-lah-de.

John Stewart

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Stewart, J. (2016, January 21). Galadi. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/galadi/

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Name

Galadi.

Phonetic

Gah-lah-de.

Named By

K.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Travouillion,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Gurovich,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Beck‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Muirhead‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Marsupialia,‭ ‬Peramelemorphia.

Diet

Omnivore‭?

Species

G.‭ ‬speciosus

Size

Uncertain,‭ ‬but thought to be quite large for a bandicoot.

Known locations

Australia,‭ ‬Queensland.

Time Period

Early Miocene.

Fossil representation

Skulls and jaw bones.

In Depth

       Galadi is a genus of bandicoot that lived in Australia during the Miocene.

Further Reading

Further reading -‭ ‬An exceptionally well-preserved short-snouted bandicoot‭ (‬Marsupialia‭; ‬Peramelemorphia‭) ‬from Riversleigh’s Oligo-Miocene deposits,‭ ‬northwestern Queensland,‭ ‬Australia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭(‬5‭)‬:1528-1546.‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Travouillion,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Gurovich,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Beck‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Muirhead‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010. -‭ ‬The genus Galadi:‭ ‬three new bandicoots‭ (‬Marsupialia,‭ ‬Peramelemorphia‭) ‬from Riversleigh’s Miocene deposits,‭ ‬northwestern Queensland,‭ ‬Australia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬33‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬153‭–‬168.-‭ ‬K.J.‭ ‬Travouillon,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Gurovich,‭ ‬R.M.D.‭ ‬Beck‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Muirhead‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.

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