Zygomaturus

Zygomaturus
Temporal range: Late Miocene–Late Pleistocene
Skeletal mount of Zygomaturus trilobus at the Melbourne Museum
Restoration of Z. trilobus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: †Diprotodontidae
Subfamily: †Zygomaturinae
Genus: †Zygomaturus
Macleay, 1857
Species
  • †Zygomaturus diahotensis
  • †Zygomaturus gilli
    (Nomen dubium)[1]
  • †Zygomaturus tasmanicus
  • †Zygomaturus trilobus

Zygomaturus[2] is an extinct genus of giant marsupial belonging to the family Diprotodontidae which inhabited Australia from the Late Miocene to Late Pleistocene.

Skull of Zygomaturus in various views, from Owen 1859
  1. ^ van Zoelen, J. D.; Camens, A. B.; Worthy, T. H.; Prideaux, G. J. (2023). "Description of the Pliocene marsupial Ambulator keanei gen. nov. (Marsupialia: Diprotodontidae) from inland Australia and its locomotory adaptations". Royal Society Open Science. 10 (5). doi:10.1098/rsos.230211. PMC 10230189.
  2. ^ Literal translation "Big cheekbones"