| 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 |
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Bishops is an extinct genus of Australosphenida or Theria 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.
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