Warendja
Warendja Temporal range: Late Miocene—Late Pleistocene
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Vombatidae |
Genus: | †Warendja Hope and Wilkinson, 1982 |
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Warendja is an extinct genus of marsupial, present from the Late Miocene to the Late Pleistocene, which went extinct in the Quaternary extinction event.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Weighing 10 kg,[13] Warendja is the earliest known vombatiforme to exhibit hypsodonty.
References[]
- ^ "Megafauna". austhrutime.com. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ "Anaspides.net". www.anaspides.net. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Warendja wakefieldi". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Warendja". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Hope, J H; Wilkinson, H E. "Warendja wakefieldi, a new genus of wombat (Maruspialia , Vombatidae) from Pleistocene sediments in McEacherns Cave, western Victoria". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 43.
- ^ Brewer, Philippa (2007-06-01). "New record of Warendja wakefieldi (Vombatidae; Marsupialia) from Wombeyan Caves, New South Wales". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 31 (2): 153–171. doi:10.1080/03115510701305132. ISSN 0311-5518. S2CID 129848516.
- ^ Long, John A.; Archer, Michael (2002-01-01). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868404356.
- ^ Talent, John A. (2012-06-28). Earth and Life: Global Biodiversity, Extinction Intervals and Biogeographic Perturbations Through Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789048134281.
- ^ "The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database cubit: The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database Extinct Mammals: Marsupials: Warendja wakefieldi". cubits.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ "The weird wonderful wombat Warendja Wakefieldi Hope & Wilkinson - Version details". Trove. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
- ^ Webb, Steve (2013-02-27). Corridors to Extinction and the Australian Megafauna. Newnes. ISBN 9780124078406.
- ^ Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh (2005-04-22). Life of Marsupials. Csiro Publishing. ISBN 9780643099210.
- ^ MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306460920.
- Brewer, P., June, 2007. New record of Warendja wakefieldi (Vombatidae; Marsupialia) from Wombeyan Caves, New South Wales. Alcheringa 31, 153–171. ISSN 0311-5518.
Categories:
- Prehistoric vombatiforms
- Miocene genus first appearances
- Pleistocene genus extinctions
- Miocene mammals of Australia
- Pliocene mammals of Australia
- Pleistocene mammals of Australia
- Pleistocene marsupials
- Miocene marsupials
- Prehistoric marsupial genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1982
- Prehistoric marsupial stubs