Euowenia

Extinct genus of marsupials From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Euowenia

Euowenia is an extinct genus of Diprotodontia which existed from the Pliocene to the upper Pleistocene.[1][2] Weighing around 500 kg,[3] 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.[4]

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Euowenia
Temporal range: Pliocene
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Mandible of E. grata
Scientific 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
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