Kolopsis

Kolopsis
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Vombatiformes
Family: Diprotodontidae
Genus: Kolopsis
Woodburne, 1967
Type genus
Kolopsis torus
Woodburne, 1967
Species

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Kolopsis is an extinct genus of diprotodontid marsupials from Australia. It contains three species:[1]

K. rotundus may be more closely related to other zygomaturines than to Kolopsis.[2]

See also

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.