Zygomaturus Owen 1858 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae

Parent taxon: Zygomaturinae according to K. H. Black et al. 2013

See also Marshall 1974 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Kukaodonta, Maokopia, Neohelos, Nimbadon

Subtaxa: Zygomaturus diahotensis Zygomaturus gilli Zygomaturus keanei Zygomaturus nimborensis Zygomaturus trilobus

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (12 collections), Papua New Guinea (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (5), New Caledonia (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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