Biology:Dorcopsoides
Dorcopsoides is a genus of extinct kangaroo from the Late Miocene of Australia and Late Pliocene of Papua New Guinea.[1][2]
Description
The genus Dorcopsoides was described in 1967 from a well-preserved lower jaw, skull fragments, and occipital found in the Upper Miocene Alcoota Fossil Beds north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. It was part of the Alcoota local fauna, which also included zygomaturine diprotodonts, a type of mihirung (Ilbandornis), a crocodile (Baru) and the giant thylacine, Thylacinus potens.[3]
It was about the size of a gray and black four-eyed opossum. The generic name, Dorcopsoides, indicates a resemblance to forest wallabies (Dorcopsis) now living in New Guinea and neighboring islands.[4]
References
- ↑ Dorcopsoides at fossilworks.org .
- ↑ Kerr, Isaac A. R.; Prideaux, Gavin J. (2024). "Re-evaluating the generic affinity of ‘Silvaroo’ buloloensis (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) from the late Pliocene of Papua New Guinea". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 48 (2): 384–401. doi:10.1080/03115518.2024.2319043.
- ↑ Alcoota Fossil Beds – Government of the Northern Territory
- ↑ Long, John A. & Archer, Michael (2002). Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea: one hundred million years of evolution. UNSW Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0801872235. https://books.google.com/books?id=LwMkO0M1mPQC&pg=PA170.
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