Zygomaturus diahotensis Guerin et al. 1981 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae

Type specimen number is not referred in the original publication

Full reference: C. Guerin, J. H. Winslow, M. Piboule and M. Faure. 1981. Le pretendu rhinoceros de Nouvelle Caledonie est un marsupial (Zigomaturus diahotensis nov. sp.). Geobios 14(2):201-217

Belongs to Zygomaturus according to C. Guerin et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Zygomaturus gilli, Zygomaturus keanei, Zygomaturus nimborensis, Zygomaturus trilobus

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Fern Hill (Pliocene of New Caledonia)

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