Nombe

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Nombe

Extinct genus of macropodid

For the musician, see NoMBe.

Nombe is an extinct genus of macropodid containing a single species, Nombe nombe. which was formerly classified as a member of the genus Protemnodon.[1] It was native to New Guinea during the Late Pleistocene. It was relatively large in body size and is thought to have been a browser. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that it is a basal member of the subfamily Macropodinae.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Flannery, T. F., Mountain, M.-J., & Aplin, K. (1983a). Quaternary kangaroos (Macropodidae: Marsupialia) from Nombe Rock Shelter, Papua New Guinea, with comments on the nature of megafaunal extinctions in the New Guinea highlands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 107, 77–99.
  2. [2]
    Kerr, Isaac A. R.; Prideaux, Gavin J. (2022-07-03). "A new genus of kangaroo (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) from the late Pleistocene of Papua New Guinea". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 146 (2): 295–318. doi:10.1080/03721426.2022.2086518. ISSN 0372-1426.


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