Kurrabi (lat.) Is a genus of extinct Australian marsupials from the kangaroo family . Known for fossils in the early Pliocene formations of New South Wales and Victoria [1] .
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Classification
The genus includes 3 extinct species [1] :
- Kurrabi mahoneyi Flannery et Archer, 1984 typus
- Kurrabi merriwaensis flannery et archer , 1984
- Kurrabi pelchenorum Flannery et al. , 1992
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Long, John A. & Archer, Michael. Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea: one hundred million years of evolution . - UNSW Press, 2002 .-- P. 164-166. - ISBN 978-0801872235 .
Literature
- Flannery TF, Archer M. The macropodoids (Marsupialia) of the Early Pliocene Bow local fauna, central eastern New South Wales // Australian Zoologist. - 1984. - Vol. 21. - P. 357-383.