Bishops Temporal range: Early Cretaceous |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Subclass: | Australosphenida |
Order: | Ausktribosphenida |
Family: | Ausktribosphenidae |
Genus: | Bishops |
Species: | B. whitmorei |
Binomial name | |
Bishops whitmorei Rich et al, 2001 |
Bishops is an extinct genus of mammals from Early Cretaceous of Australia. The only recorded species, Bishops whitmorei, was found on Flat Rocks, Victoria. The genus was named in honour of the Dr Barry Bishop, the former Chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society.