Bishops whitmorei

Bishops whitmorei
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Australosphenida
Family: †Ausktribosphenidae
Genus: †Bishops
Rich et al., 2001
Species:
†B. whitmorei
Binomial name
†Bishops whitmorei
Rich et al., 2001
This article is about the extinct genus. For other uses, see Bishop (disambiguation).

Bishops is an extinct genus of mammals from Early Cretaceous of Australia. The only recorded species, Bishops whitmorei, was found on Flat Rocks, Wonthaggi Formation, Victoria. The genus was named in honour of Dr Barry Bishop, the former Chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society.

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