Hadronomas
| Hadronomas Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sthenurinae |
| Genus: | †Hadronomas Woodburne, 1967 |
| Type species | |
| †Hadronomas puckridgi Woodburne, 1967 | |
Hadronomas is an extinct genus of kangaroo in the subfamily Sthenurinae. There is only one described species, Hadronomas puckridgi, known from various fossil material from the Alcoota Fauna site, and an undescribed species from Lake Kanunka.[1][2]
Description
[edit]Hadronomas had a simple talonid wall characterised by the absence of a posthypocristid.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Woodburne, Michael O (1967), "The Alcoota fauna, Central Australia. An integrated palaeontological and geological study.", Bulletin of the Bureau of National Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Australia, 87: 1–187
- ↑ Prideaux, Gavin J. (2004). Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroo. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-09845-5.
- ↑ Couzens, Aidan M. C.; Evans, Alistair R.; Skinner, Matthew M.; Prideaux, Gavin J. (1 March 2016). "The role of inhibitory dynamics in the loss and reemergence of macropodoid tooth traits: DENTAL REVERSAL IN MACROPODOIDS". Evolution. 70 (3): 568–585. doi:10.1111/evo.12866. Retrieved 14 May 2026 – via Oxford Academic.
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