Ilariidae
| Ilariidae | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Infraorder: | Vombatomorphia |
| Family: | †Ilariidae Tedford & Woodburne, 1987 |
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TheIlariidaeis a family of fossil mammals. Most ilariids are found in the middleTertiaryfaunal assemblages ofSouth Australia.Ilaria illumidensis the best-preserved representative of this extinct clade of vombatiforms.
The species[which?]is found in theNamba Formationof Late Oligocene age, atLake Pinpa,South Australia. The material consists of a partial cranium and mandibular fragments with most of the dentition, together with parts of the postcranial skeleton.[1]The other species in this family are known from a few jaw fragments and intact molars attached; they are categorised in a separate family because their teeth structure is unique among Diprotodontia, in having a complicated folding pattern. Ilariids are thought to be the largest marsupials of their time in theLake EyreandTarkarooloo basin.
References
[edit]- ^http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jansa003/NSF/Fossils2.pdfaccessed 2010-05-21[dead link]
- Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas Hewett Rich 1993Wildlife of GondwanaReed Books, Chatswood, New South WalesISBN0-7301-0315-3Reed.
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