Brachalletes

Taxobox
name = "Brachalletes"
fossil_range = Pleistocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
genus = †"Brachalletes"
species = †"B. Palmeri"
binomial = †"Brachalletes Palmeri"
binomial_authority = de Vis, 1883

Brachalletes was an early marsupial from the Pleistocene deposits of Australia. Its relationship with other marsupial species is under debate. The genera is extinct.The species was assigned to the order Diprotodontidae and family Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell in 1997, though it is placed in its own order by other authorities.The species is described as an active carnivore. [ [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl The Paleobiology Database ] ]

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