Raemeotherium Rich et al. 1978 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae

Full reference: T. H. Rich, M. Archer, and R. H. Tedford. 1978. Raemeotherium yatkolai, gen. et sp. nov., a primitive diprotodontid from the medial Miocene of South Australia. Memoirs of The National Museum of Victoria 39:85-91

Parent taxon: Diprotodontidae according to T. H. Rich et al. 1978

See also McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Bematherium, Brachalletes, Chronozoon, Diprotodon, Diprotodontinae, Euowenia, Euryzygoma, Koalemus, Kolopsis, Kolopsoides, Meniscolophus, Nototherium, Plaisiodon, Pyramios, Sthenmerus, Zygomaturinae

Subtaxa: Raemeotherium yatkolai

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Type: Raemeotherium yatkolai

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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