Galadi

Name: Galadi.
Phonetic: Gah-lah-de.
Named By: K.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Travouillion,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Gurovich,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Beck‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Muirhead‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Marsupialia,‭ ‬Peramelemorphia.
Species: G.‭ ‬speciosus (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬adversus,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬amplus,‭ ‬G.‭ ‬grandis.
Diet: Omnivore‭?
Size: Uncertain,‭ ‬but thought to be quite large for a bandicoot.
Known locations: Australia,‭ ‬Queensland.
Time period: Early Miocene.
Fossil representation: Skulls and jaw bones.

       Galadi is a genus of bandicoot that lived in Australia during the Miocene.

Further reading
-‭ ‬An exceptionally well-preserved short-snouted bandicoot‭ (‬Marsupialia‭; ‬Peramelemorphia‭) ‬from Riversleigh's Oligo-Miocene deposits,‭ ‬northwestern Queensland,‭ ‬Australia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭(‬5‭)‬:1528-1546.‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Travouillion,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Gurovich,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Beck‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Muirhead‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
-‭ ‬The genus Galadi:‭ ‬three new bandicoots‭ (‬Marsupialia,‭ ‬Peramelemorphia‭) ‬from Riversleigh’s Miocene deposits,‭ ‬northwestern Queensland,‭ ‬Australia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬33‭ (‬1‭)‬:‭ ‬153‭–‬168.-‭ ‬K.J.‭ ‬Travouillon,‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Gurovich,‭ ‬R.M.D.‭ ‬Beck‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Muirhead‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.

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