Euryzygoma
| Euryzygoma Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Vombatiformes |
| Family: | †Diprotodontidae |
| Genus: | †Euryzygoma |
| Species: | †E. dunense Longman, 1921 |
Euryzygoma is an extinct genus of marsupial from the Pliocene of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It differed from other diprotodonts in having unusual, flaring cheekbones that may have been used either for storing food or for sexual display.
References
- "Australia's Lost World: Prehistoric Animals of Riversleigh" by Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand, and Henk Godthelp
- "Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution" by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand
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