Kuterintja

Extinct genus of marsupials

Kuterintja
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Ilariidae
Genus: Kuterintja
Pledge, 1987
Species:
K. ngama
Binomial name
Kuterintja ngama
Pledge, 1987

Kuterintja is an extinct genus of marsupial of the family Ilariidae. Only one species has been described, Kuterintja ngama, from Late Oligocene of Australia.

References

  • Archer, M.; Flannery, T.; Hand, S.; Long, J. Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press, 2002. 244 pages.
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Thylacoleonidae
Phascolarctidae
Ilariidae
Wynyardiidae
Vombatoidea
Vombatidae
Diprotodontoidea
Palorchestidae
Diprotodontidae
Thylacoleo carnifex Diprotodon optatum
Taxon identifiers
Kuterintja ngama


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