Bishops whitmorei

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.^[1] The genus was named in honour of Dr Barry Bishop, the former chairman of the Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society.

Bishops whitmorei Temporal range: Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Australosphenida
Family:	†Ausktribosphenidae
Genus:	†Bishops Rich et al., 2001
Species:	†B. whitmorei
Binomial name
†Bishops whitmorei Rich et al., 2001