Kolopsis
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Diprotodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Zygomaturinae |
| Genus: | †Kolopsis Woodburne, 1967 |
| Type species | |
| Kolopsis torus Woodburne, 1967 | |
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Kolopsis is an extinct genus of diprotodontid marsupials from Australia and Papua New Guinea. It contains three species, although K. rotundus may be more closely related to other zygomaturines than to Kolopsis.
- †Kolopsis rotundus Plane 1967 (Pliocene, Watut River, Papua New Guinea)
- †Kolopsis torus Woodburne, 1967 (Miocene, Alcoota, Northern Territory, Australia)
- †Kolopsis yperus Murray, Megirian & Wells, 1993 (Miocene, Alcoota, Northern Territory, Australia)
References
- ↑ Mikko Haaramo (11 March 2008). "†Diprotodontidae after McKenna & Bell, 1997". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ↑ Anne Musser (11 June 2009). "Kolopsis torus". Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
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