Congruus
| Congruus Temporal range:
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| File:Congruus kitcheneri skull.jpg | |
| Skull of Congruus kitcheneri | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
| Genus: | †Congruus McNamara, 1994 |
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Congruus is an extinct genus of macropod known from the Late Pleistocene of Australia. There are two species, Congruus kitcheneri, which was originally described as a species of Wallabia,[1][2] and Congruus congruus.[3] Specimens are known from Mammoth Cave, Western Australia, the Thylacoleo Caves (Nullarbor Plain) and the Naracoorte caves in South Australia.[2][3] Potential material is also known from Eastern Australia.[2] The morphology of the skull and limbs suggests that they were semi-arboreal browsers, moving slowly through trees, though they were larger than and not as specialised for climbing as living tree kangaroos.[2] They are thought to be members of the tribe Macropodini, and close relatives of the extinct genus Protemnodon.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Flannery TF. 1989A new species of Wallabia (Macropodinae: Marsupialia) from Pleistocene deposits in Mammoth Cave, southwestern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14, 299-307.
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- ^ a b McNamara JA. 1994 A new fossil wallaby (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from the south east of South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27, 111-115.
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