Ganawamaya

Extinct genus of marsupials

Ganawamaya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Balbaridae
Genus: Ganawamaya
Cooke, 1992[1]
Type species
Ganawamaya acris
Cooke, 1992

Ganawamaya is an extinct genus of quadrupedal kangaroos that lived in Australia.

Species include:[2]

  • G. acris Cooke, 1992
  • G. aediculis Cooke, 1992
  • G. gillespieae (Kear et al., 2007)
  • G. couperi (Cooke, 1997)

References

  1. ^ Cooke, B.N. (1992). "Primitive macropodids from Riversleigh, north-western Queensland". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 16 (3): 201–217. doi:10.1080/03115519208619119.
  2. ^ Butler, Kaylene; Travouillon, Kenny; Price, Gilbert; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne (2018). "Revision of Oligo-Miocene kangaroos, Ganawamaya and Nambaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodiformes, Balbaridae)". Palaeontologia Electronica: 1–58. doi:10.26879/747.
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Phalangerida
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Order: Diprotodontia
Phalangerida
Phalangerida
  • Miminipossum
Pilkipildridae
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Phalangeroidea
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Petauroidea
Acrobatidae
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Pseudocheiridae
Macropodiformes
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Trichosurus vulpecula Petaurus breviceps
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  • Palaeopotorous
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Hypsiprymnodontidae
Balbaridae
Potoroidae
Macropodidae
Lagostrophinae
Sthenurinae
Macropodinae
Ekaltadeta ima Dorcopsis luctuosa
Taxon identifiers
Ganawamaya


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