Dorcopsoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Genus: | †Dorcopsoides Woodburne, 1967 |
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| †Dorcopsoides fossilis Woodburne, 1967
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Dorcopsoides is a genus of extinct kangaroo from the Late Miocene of Australia and Late Pliocene of Papua New Guinea.[2][3]
Description
[edit]The genus Dorcopsoides was described in 1967 from a well-preserved lower jaw, skull fragments, and occipital found in the Upper Miocene Alcoota Fossil Beds north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. It was part of the Alcoota local fauna, which also included zygomaturine diprotodonts, a type of mihirung (Ilbandornis), a crocodile (Baru) and the giant thylacine, Thylacinus potens.[4]
It was about the size of a gray and black four-eyed opossum. The generic name, Dorcopsoides, indicates a resemblance to forest wallabies (Dorcopsis) now living in New Guinea and neighboring islands.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Kerr, Isaac A. R.; Prideaux, Gavin J. (2025-07-30). "A new fossil kangaroo species of the genus Dorcopsoides (Marsupialia, Macropodinae) from the late Miocene Ongeva Local Fauna, central Australia". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology: 1–25. doi:10.1080/03115518.2025.2521772. ISSN 0311-5518.
- ^ "Dorcopsoides". Paleobiology Database..
- ^ Kerr, Isaac A. R.; Prideaux, Gavin J. (2024). "Re-evaluating the generic affinity of 'Silvaroo' buloloensis (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) from the late Pliocene of Papua New Guinea". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 48 (2): 384–401. doi:10.1080/03115518.2024.2319043.
- ^ Alcoota Fossil Beds – Government of the Northern Territory
- ^ Long, John A. & Archer, Michael (2002). Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea: one hundred million years of evolution. UNSW Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0801872235.
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