Namilamadeta

Namilamadeta is an extinct genus of herbivorous marsupial that was around the size of a dog.[2]

Namilamadeta
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: †Wynyardiidae
Genus: †Namilamadeta
Rich & Archer, 1979[1]
Species

N. snideri
N. albivenator
N. superior
N. crassirostrum

References
  1. Rich, T.H.V.; Archer, M. (1 January 1979). "Namilamadeta snideri, a new diprotodontan (Marsupialia, Vombatoidea) from the medial Miocene of South Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 3 (3): 197–208. doi:10.1080/03115517908527793. ISSN 0311-5518.
  2. John A. Long, Michael Archer (2002). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. pp. 117–19. ISBN 0868404357.


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