Pildra

{{Short description|Extinct genus of marsupials}}

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| fossil_range = Late Oligocene - Early Miocene

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| taxon = Pildra

| authority = Woodburne, Tedford & Archer 1987

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Pildra antiquus

Pildra magnus

Pildra secundus

Pildra tertius

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Pildra is an extinct genus of Pseudocheiridae from the Oligocene–Miocene of Australia.{{cite journal |last1=Megirian |first1=D |last2=Murray |first2=P |last3=Schwartz |first3=L |last4=von der Borch |first4=C |date=8 September 2004 |title=Late Oligocene Kangaroo Well Local Fauna from the Ulta Limestone (new name), and climate of the Miocene oscillation across central Australia |url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/50734412/2004KangarooWell-libre.pdf |journal=Australian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=51 |issue= 5|pages=701–741 |doi= 10.1111/j.1400-0952.2004.01085.x|bibcode=2004AuJES..51..701M |s2cid=130136211 |access-date=6 November 2023}}{{cite journal |last1=Megirian |first1=Dirk |last2=Prideaux |first2=Gavin J |last3=Murray |first3=Peter F |last4=Smit |first4=Neil |date= 2010|title=An Australian land mammal age biochronological scheme |url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/83288340/megirian-libre.pdf |journal= Paleobiology|volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=658–671 |doi= 10.1666/09047.1|s2cid=55376525 |access-date=6 November 2023}} Specimens have been collected from the Tirari Desert and Frome Basin in northern South Australia and the Oligo-Miocene freshwater limestone deposits of the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in northwestern Queensland.{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Karen K |last2=Archer |first2= Michael |last3= Hand|first3=Suzanne J|last4=Godthelp |first4=Henk |date=8 March 2007 |title=New genus and species of extinct Miocene ringtail possums (Marsupialia: Pseudocheiridae). |url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/78156802/New_genus_and_species_of_extinct_Miocene20220105-31408-vcuslt.pdf |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3560 |pages=1–15 |doi= 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3560[1:NGASOE]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=40527729 |access-date=6 November 2023}}

It is estimated to have weighed between {{cvt|100|and|300|g}}.{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Karen K |last2=Archer |first2= Michael |last3= Hand|first3=Suzanne J|last4=Godthelp |first4=Henk |date= 2009|title=New Australian Oligocene to Miocene ringtail possums (Pseudocheiridae) and revision of the genus Marlu |url= |journal=Palaeontology |volume= 52|issue=2 |pages=441–456 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00852.x|bibcode=2009Palgy..52..441R |s2cid=129797837 |access-date=}}