Biology:Muramura
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Short description: Extinct genus of marsupials
| Muramura Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Pliocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Wynyardiidae |
| Genus: | †Muramura Pledge, 1987 |
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M. williamsi | |
Muramura williamsi is an extinct Australian wynardiid marsupial, related to the modern koala and wombat. Around the size of a dog, it was a herbivore.[1] Fossils range in age from the Late Oligocene to the Pliocene in age.
References
- ↑ John A. Long, Michael Archer (2002). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. pp. 117. ISBN 0868404357. https://books.google.com/books?id=LwMkO0M1mPQC&dq=Muramura+williamsi&pg=PA117.
Wikidata ☰ Q16969450 entry
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