Ngapakaldia
| Ngapakaldia Temporal range: Late Oligocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Phascolarctidae |
| Genus: | †Ngapakaldia Stirton |
| Species | |
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P. tedfordi | |
Ngapakaldia is an extinct genus of marsupial, related to the modern koala and wombat. Around the size of a sheep, it was a ground-dwelling herbivore.[1]
References
- ↑ John A. Long, Michael Archer (2002). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. p. 89. ISBN 0868404357.