Muramura

Muramura
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Wynyardiidae
Genus: Muramura
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Species

M. williamsi

Muramura williamsi is an extinct marsupial, related to the modern koala and wombat. Around the size of a dog, it was a herbivore.[1]

References

  1. John A. Long, Michael Archer (2002). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. p. 117. ISBN 0868404357.


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