Biology:Kolopsis

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Short description: Extinct genus of marsupials

Kolopsis
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Pliocene
Kolopsis torus 2.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Diprotodontidae
Subfamily: Zygomaturinae
Genus: Kolopsis
Woodburne, 1967
Type species
Kolopsis torus
Woodburne, 1967
Species

See text.

Kolopsis is an extinct genus of diprotodontid marsupials from Australia and Papua New Guinea. It contains three species,[1] although K. rotundus may be more closely related to other zygomaturines than to Kolopsis.[2]

  • 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

  1. Mikko Haaramo (11 March 2008). "†Diprotodontidae after McKenna & Bell, 1997". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/metatheria/notometatheria/diprotodontia/diprotodontidae.html. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 
  2. Anne Musser (11 June 2009). "Kolopsis torus". Australian Museum. http://australianmuseum.net.au/Kolopsis-torus-. Retrieved 9 November 2011. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2596807 entry