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Extinct genus of marsupials

Euowenia
Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Mandible of E. grata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Diprotodontidae
Genus: Euowenia
de Vis, 1891
Type species
Euowenia grata
de Vis, 1887

Euowenia is an extinct genus of Diprotodontia which existed from the Pliocene to the upper Pleistocene. Weighing around 500 kg, Euowenia is only known from three locations on mainland Australia, Chinchilla in Queensland, Menindee in New South Wales and the Tirari formation on the Warburton River in the Lake Eyre basin.

References

  1. MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306460920.
  2. Long, John A.; Archer, Michael (2002-01-01). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868404356.
  3. MacPhee, Ross D. E.; SUES, HANS-DIETER (2013-11-09). Extinctions in Near Time: Causes, Contexts, and Consequences. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781475752021.
  4. Camens, Aaron B.; Wells, Roderick T. (2009). "Palaeobiology of Euowenia grata (Marsupialia: Diprotodontinae) and its Presence in Northern South Australia". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 17: 3–19. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9121-2. S2CID 42667860.
  • Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand (page 79)
  • Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons (page 207)
Vombatiformes
Thylacoleonidae
Phascolarctidae
Vombatomorphia
Ilariidae
Wynyardiidae
Vombatoidea
Vombatidae
Diprotodontoidea
Palorchestidae
Diprotodontidae
Thylacoleo carnifex Diprotodon optatum
Taxon identifiers
Euowenia


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