| Euryzygoma Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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| Credit: Roman Uchytel | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Vombatiformes |
| Family: | †Diprotodontidae |
| Genus: | †Euryzygoma Longman, 1921 |
| Species: | †E. dunense |
| Binomial name | |
| †Euryzygoma dunense Longman, 1921 | |
Euryzygoma is a large, extinct genus and species of marsupial from the Pliocene of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.
Description[]
It differed from other known diprotodonts in having unusual, flaring cheekbones that may have been used either for storing food or for sexual display. Euryzygoma is believed to be the ancestral genus from which Diprotodon evolved.
References[]
- http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=40188
- https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Euryzygoma
- https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4826012.html
- https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/bluff-downs-euryzygoma/
- https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/euryzygoma-dunense/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3680432/
- http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/article01153-fossil-extinct-marsupials-australia.html
- https://www.artistwd.com/joyzine/australia/articles/megafauna/euryzygoma_dunense.php
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259574999_Diversity_and_relationships_of_diprotodontoid_marsupials