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of mammal, with evidence of characteristics suited to foraging or inhabiting a subterranean environ with the dominating rainforest. The weight is estimated to have been approximately 200 grams. The diet is presumed to resemble the modern marsupial mole, which is insectivorous.
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310:Description
239:and is the
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209:Riversleigh
96:Marsupialia
1439:Categories
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1196:Dasycercus
1176:Phascogale
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361:References
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276:Notoryctes
263:rainforest
259:Queensland
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930:Badjcinus
907:Wakamatha
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271:fossorial
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