Urrayira

Urrayira Temporal range: Chibanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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

Urrayira is an extinct genus of dasyuromorphian marsupial that lived in Australia during the Chibanian stage of the Pleistocene epoch.

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]

References

1. Cramb, Jonathan; Hocknull, Scott; Beck, Robin M. D.; Kealy, Shimona; Price, Gilbert J. (2 October 2023). "Urrayira whitei gen. et sp. nov.: a dasyuromorphian (Mammalia: Marsupialia) with incipient zalambdodonty from the Middle Pleistocene of Queensland, Australia" . Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology . 47 (4): 551–561. doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2169351. ISSN   0311-5518 . Retrieved 2 January 2026– via Taylor and Francis Online.