Palorchestidae
| Palorchestidae Temporal range:
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| Palorchestes azael | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Superfamily: | †Diprotodontoidea |
| Family: | †Palorchestidae Tate, 1948 |
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Skull of Palorchestes
Palorchestidae is an extinct family of diprotodont marsupials whose members are sometimes referred to as marsupial tapirs due to their superficial similarity to true tapirs.[1]
Genera[]
The family consists of the following four genera:
- Propalorchestes (Murray, 1986)
- Ngapakaldia (Stirton, 1967)
- Palorchestes (Owen, 1873)
- (Stirton, 1967)
References[]
External links[]
Media related to Palorchestidae at Wikimedia Commons
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Categories:
- Prehistoric vombatiforms
- Prehistoric mammals of Australia
- Miocene marsupials
- Pliocene marsupials
- Pleistocene marsupials
- Clawed herbivores
- Chattian first appearances
- Pleistocene extinctions
- Prehistoric mammal families
- Prehistoric marsupial stubs
- Diprotodont stubs