Propalorchestes Murray, 1986

Trusler, Peter W. & Sharp, Alana C., 2016, Description of new cranial material of Propalorchestes (Marsupialia: Palorchestidae) from the Middle Miocene Camfield Beds, Northern Territory, Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 74, pp. 291-324 : 295

Propalorchestes Murray, 1986

Type species. Propalorchestes novaculacephalus Murray, 1986 Additional species. Propalorchestes ponticulus Murray, 1990

Diagnosis. Refer to the original diagnosis of Murray (1986) and additions of Murray (1990) and Black (2006).

Remarks - Propalorchestes novaculacephalus has the smallest known palorchestid skull with the possible exception of Pr. ponticulus that is presently only described from smaller isolated dental material and mandibular fragments. The new, small mandibular material referred herein to Pr. cf novaculacephalus , indicates the sizes of Propalorchestes forms overlapped considerably (tables 3–4, figs. 14C, D, 15C). The M 1 of Palorchestes anulus is only slightly larger than the Propalorchestes material and skull dimensions for P. annulus would also likely overlap those of Pr. novaculacephalus .