Meniscolophus

Extinct genus of marsupials

Meniscolophus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Diprotodontidae
Genus: Meniscolophus
Stirton, 1955
Species:
M. mawsoni
Binomial name
Meniscolophus mawsoni
Stirton, 1955

Meniscolophus is an extinct genus of Diprotodontia known from the early Pliocene of the Tirari Desert, South Australia.

References

  • Long, J., Archer, M., Flannery, T., & Hand, S. (2002) Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One hundred million years of evolution. University of New South Wales Press (page 79)
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Vombatiformes
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Order: Diprotodontia
Thylacoleonidae
  • Enigmaleo
  • Lekaneleo
  • Microleo
  • Thylacoleo
  • Wakaleo
Phascolarctidae
Ilariidae
Wynyardiidae
Vombatoidea
Vombatidae
Diprotodontoidea
Palorchestidae
Diprotodontidae
Thylacoleo carnifex Diprotodon optatum
Taxon identifiers
Meniscolophus


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