Kolopsis

Kolopsis
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Pliocene
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: †Diprotodontidae
Subfamily: †Zygomaturinae
Genus: †Kolopsis
Woodburne, 1967
Type species
Kolopsis torus
Woodburne, 1967
Species

See text.

Kolopsis is an extinct genus of diprotodontid marsupials from Australia and Papua New Guinea. It contains three species, although K. rotundus may be more closely related to other zygomaturines than to Kolopsis.

  • †Kolopsis rotundus Plane 1967 (Pliocene, Watut River, Papua New Guinea)
  • †Kolopsis torus Woodburne, 1967 (Miocene, Alcoota, Northern Territory, Australia)
  • †Kolopsis yperus Murray, Megirian & Wells, 1993 (Miocene, Alcoota, Northern Territory, Australia)

References

  1. ^ Mikko Haaramo (11 March 2008). "†Diprotodontidae after McKenna & Bell, 1997". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  2. ^ Anne Musser (11 June 2009). "Kolopsis torus". Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2011.


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