Palorchestidae
Palorchestidae is an extinct family of diprotodont marsupials whose members are sometimes referred to as marsupial tapirs due to their superficial similarity to true tapirs.[1]
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| Palorchestes azael | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Superfamily: | †Diprotodontoidea |
| Family: | †Palorchestidae Tate, 1948 |
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Skull of Palorchestes
Genera
The family consists of the following four genera:
- Propalorchestes (Murray, 1986)
- Ngapakaldia (Stirton, 1967)
- Palorchestes (Owen, 1873)
- Pitikantia dailyi (Stirton, 1967)
References
External links
Media related to Palorchestidae at Wikimedia Commons
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