Ilaria illumidens 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

Belongs to Ilaria according to R. H. Tedford and M. O. Woodburne 1987

Sister taxon: Ilaria lawsoni

Type specimen: SAM P24927, a partial skeleton (partial cranium, atlas, 2 thoracic vertebres, 1 lumbar vertebra, 1 sacaral vertebra, left scapula, right scapula fragment, ribs). Its type locality is Lake Pinpa, which is in an Oligocene lacustrine claystone in the Namba Formation of Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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