Ganawamaya

<i>Ganawamaya</i>

Ganawamaya

Extinct genus of marsupials

Ganawamaya is an extinct genus of quadrupedal kangaroos that lived in Australia.

Quick Facts Ganawamaya, Scientific classification ...

Species include:[2]

  • G. acris Cooke, 1992
  • G. aediculis Cooke, 1992
  • G. gillespieae (Kear et al., 2007)
  • G. couperi (Cooke, 1997)

References

  1. [1]
    Cooke, B.N. (1992). "Primitive macropodids from Riversleigh, north-western Queensland". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 16 (3): 201–217. doi:10.1080/03115519208619119.
  2. [2]
    Butler, Kaylene; Travouillon, Kenny; Price, Gilbert; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne (2018). "Revision of Oligo-Miocene kangaroos, Ganawamaya and Nambaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodiformes, Balbaridae)". Palaeontologia Electronica: 1–58. doi:10.26879/747.


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