Balbaroo
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| Holotype skull of Balbaroo nalima | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Balbaridae |
| Genus: | †Balbaroo Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1982[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Balbaroo camfieldensis | |
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Balbaroo is an extinct genus of basal quadrupedal macropodiform marsupials that once lived in Australia during the Late Oligocene to the Middle Miocene.[2] Known primarily from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area in Queensland, and the Camfield Beds of the Northern Territory, Balbaroo species are considered part of the family Balbaridae, which represents an early branch of kangaroo evolution. Unlike modern kangaroos, members of the Balbaroo genus were quadrupedal browsers, adapted to dense forest environments. Four species are currently recognised, B. camfieldensis, B. fangaroo, B. gregoriensis, and B. nalima.
Taxonomy
The genus was erected in 1982 to describe a new species of early marsupials, Balbaroo camfieldensis.[1] Since then, it has been determined that members of the genus possessed sharp canines. Despite the sharp canines, the presence of low-crowned bilophodont molars seems to indicate an herbivorous diet.[2]
References
- ^ a b Flannery, T.F.; Archer, M.; Plane, M. (1982). "Middle Miocene kangaroos ( Macropodoidea: Marsupiala) from three localities in northern Australia, with a description of two new subfamilies". BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics. 7 (4): 287–302.
- ^ a b Black, K.H.; Travouillon, K.J.; Den Boer, W.; Kear, B.P.; Cooke, B.N.; Archer, M.; Evans, A.R (19 November 2014). "A New Species of the Basal "Kangaroo" Balbaroo and a Re-Evaluation of Stem Macropodiform Interrelationships". PLOS ONE. 9 (11): e112705. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9k2705B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112705. PMC 4237356. PMID 25409233.
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