Biology:Euowenia
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Short description: Extinct genus of marsupials
| Euowenia Temporal range: Pliocene to Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Diprotodontidae |
| Genus: | †Euowenia De Vis, 1891 |
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Euowenia is an extinct genus of Diprotodontia which existed from the Pliocene to the upper Pleistocene.[1][2] Weighing around 500 kg,[3] Euowenia is only known from three locations on mainland Australia , Chinchilla in Queensland, Menindee in New South Wales and the Tirari formation on the Warburton River in the Lake Eyre basin.[4]
References
- ↑ MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30) (in en). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306460920. https://books.google.com/books?id=UZLuF1YXYTcC&dq=Euryzygoma&pg=PA251.
- ↑ Long, John A.; Archer, Michael (2002-01-01) (in en). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868404356. https://books.google.com/books?id=LwMkO0M1mPQC&dq=Euowenia&pg=PA88.
- ↑ MacPhee, Ross D. E.; SUES, HANS-DIETER (2013-11-09) (in en). Extinctions in Near Time: Causes, Contexts, and Consequences. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781475752021. https://books.google.com/books?id=nkLjBwAAQBAJ&dq=Euwenia+grata&pg=PA377.
- ↑ Camens, Aaron B.; Wells, Roderick T. (2009). "Palaeobiology of Euowenia grata (Marsupialia: Diprotodontinae) and its Presence in Northern South Australia". Journal of Mammalian Evolution 17: 3–19. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9121-2.
- Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand (page 79)
- Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons (page 207)
Wikidata ☰ Q2248718 entry
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