Perameles allinghamensis
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The Bluff Downs Bandicoot (Perameles allinghamensis) is a small extinct Bandicoot
that lived in Australia
4 million years ago in the Pliocene
period. It was discovered at the Bluff Downs fossil site
in northern Queensland
. Its diet probably consisted of insects and soft roots dug for with its front claws.
Bandicoot
Bandicoots are a group of about 20 species of small to medium-sized, terrestrial marsupial omnivores in the order Peramelemorphia.- Etymology :...
that lived in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
4 million years ago in the Pliocene
Pliocene
The Pliocene Epoch is the period in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.332 million to 2.588 million years before present. It is the second and youngest epoch of the Neogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Pliocene follows the Miocene Epoch and is followed by the Pleistocene Epoch...
period. It was discovered at the Bluff Downs fossil site
Bluff Downs fossil site
The Bluff Downs fossil site is a paleontological site of Pliocene age in northern Queensland, Australia. The fossil site lies on the banks of Allingham Creek on the pastoral property of Bluff Downs Station.-Fossil fauna:...
in northern Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. Its diet probably consisted of insects and soft roots dug for with its front claws.