†family Ilariidae Tedford and Woodburne 1987 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Ilariidae

Full reference: R. H. Tedford and M. O. Woodburne. 1987. The Ilardiidae, a new family of vombatiformes marsupials from Miocene strata of South Australia and an evolution of the homology of molar cusps in the diprotodontia. Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evoultion 2:401-418

Parent taxon: Vombatiformes according to R. M. D. Beck et al. 2020

See also Tedford and Woodburne 1987

Sister taxa: Maradidae, Phascolarctidae, Thylacoleonidae, Vombatomorphia

Subtaxa: Ilaria Kuterintja

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Australia (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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