Urrayira
Extinct genus of dasyuromorphian
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Urrayira is an extinct genus of dasyuromorphian marsupial that lived in Australia during the Chibanian stage of the Pleistocene epoch.
| Urrayira Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Dasyuromorphia |
| Genus: | †Urrayira |
| Species: | †U. whitei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Urrayira whitei Cramb et al., 2023 | |
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
Urrayira whitei was most likely a specialist taxon that inhabited rainforest environments, making it vulnerable to the aridification associated with the Mid-Brunhes climatic shift.[1]