Balbaroo

Balbaroo
Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Middle Miocene
Holotype skull of Balbaroo nalima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: †Balbaridae
Genus: †Balbaroo
Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1983[1]
Type species
†Balbaroo camfieldensis
Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1983
Other species
  • †B. fangaroo Cooke, 2000
  • †B. gregoriensis Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1983
  • †B. nalima Black et al, 2014
Synonyms
  • Nambaroo bullockensis Schwartz & Megirian, 2004

Balbaroo is an extinct genus of quadrupedal kangaroo that once lived in Australia during the Late Oligocene to the Middle Miocene.[2] Its fossils have been found in the Northern Territory and Queensland. Four species are currently recognised, B. camfieldensis, B. fangaroo, B. gregoriensis, and B. nalima.

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