Ganguroo
| Ganguroo Temporal range: 15–5 Ma Mid to Late Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Macropodiformes |
| Family: | Macropodidae Gray, 1821 |
| Subfamily: | Bulungamayinae |
| Genus: | Ganguroo |
| Species | |
The genus Ganguroo is a species of early to middle to late Miocene kangaroo found in Riversleigh, in Australia. The relationship within the Macropodidae is in dispute, though it is phylogenetically proposed to be a sister taxon with the Macropodidae.
References
- ↑ Cooke, Bernard N. "New Miocene bulungamayine kangaroos (Marsupialia: Potoroidae) from the Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41 (2): 281–294. BioStor: 105299.
- ↑ Cooke, Bernard N.; Travouillon, Kenny J.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J. (2015). "Ganguroo robustiter, sp. nov. (Macropodoidea, Marsupialia), a middle to early late Miocene basal macropodid from Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35 (4): e956879. doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.956879. (subscription required (help)).
Further reading
- Kear, B. P.; Archer, M.; Flannery, T. F. (2001). "Postcranial morphology of Ganguroo bilamina, Cooke 1997 (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from the middle Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25: 123–138.
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