Keeuna
| Keeuna Temporal range: | |
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| Upper dentition of K. woodburnei (4, 5) compared to other fossil marsupials | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | †Keeunamorphia |
| Family: | †Keeunidae |
| Genus: | †Keeuna Archer, 1976 |
| Species: | †K. woodburnei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Keeuna woodburnei Archer, 1976 | |
Keeuna (lit. 'forgotten wild cat') is an extinct genus of keeunamorphian marsupial in the family Keeunidae, known from the Late Oligocene Etadunna Formation of Australia. The genus contains a single species, Keeuna woodburnei, known from several teeth and tooth-bearing bones.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Archer, Michael (1976-05-31). "Miocene marsupicarnivores (Marsupialia) from central South Australia, Ankotarinja tirarensis gen. et sp. nov., Keeuna woodburnei gen. et sp. nov., and their significance in terms of early marsupial radiations". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Incorporated. 100 (2): 53–73.
- ↑ Churchill, Timothy James; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J.; Beck, Robin M. D. (2026-06-14). "A new metatherian order from Australia (Keeunamorphia, Metatheria), and new Early Miocene species from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern Queensland". Journal of Paleontology: 1–30. doi:10.1017/jpa.2026.10238. ISSN 0022-3360.