Kolopsis

Kolopsis is an extinct genus of diprotodontid marsupials from Australia and Papua New Guinea. It contains three species,[1] although K. rotundus may be more closely related to other zygomaturines than to Kolopsis.[2]

  • †Kolopsis rotundus Plane 1967 (Pliocene, Watut River, Papua New Guinea)
  • †Kolopsis torus Woodburne, 1967 (Miocene, Alcoota, Northern Territory, Australia)
  • †Kolopsis yperus Murray, Megirian & Wells, 1993 (Miocene, Alcoota, Northern Territory, Australia)

Kolopsis
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Infraclass:
Marsupialia
Order:
Diprotodontia
Suborder:
Vombatiformes
Family:
†Diprotodontidae
Genus:
†Kolopsis

Woodburne, 1967
Type species
†Kolopsis torus
Woodburne, 1967
Species

See text.

References
  1. Mikko Haaramo (11 March 2008). "†Diprotodontidae after McKenna & Bell, 1997". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  2. Anne Musser (11 June 2009). "Kolopsis torus". Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2011.


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