Balbaroo nalima

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Macropodiformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cladus: Metatheria
Cohors: Marsupialia
Cladus: Australidelphia
Cladus: Eomarsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Macropodiformes

Familia: †Balbaridae
Genera (4): †Balbaroo – †Ganawamaya – †Nambaroo – †Wururoo

Name edit

Balbaridae Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1982

Synonymy edit

Type genus edit

  • †Balbaridae Flannery, Archer & Plane: †Balbaroo Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1982 [stem = Balbar-]
  • †Nambarinae Kear & Cooke, 2001: †Nambaroo Flannery & Rich, 1986 [stem = Nambar-]

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • Cooke, B.N. 1992. Primitive macropodids from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Alcheringa 16: 201–217. DOI: 10.1080/03115519208619119
  • Cooke, B.N. 1997. Two new balbarine kangaroos and lower molar evolution within the subfamily. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41: 269–280.
  • Kear, B.P., Cooke, B.N., Archer, M. & Flannery, T.F. 2007. Implications of a new species of the Oligo-Miocene kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) Nambaroo, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Paleontology 81: 1147–1167. DOI: 10.1666/04-218.1