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Ilaria

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This article is about the animal. For the name, see Ilaria (given name).

Ilaria
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: †Ilariidae
Genus: †Ilaria
Tedford & Woodburne, 1987
Species
  • I. illumidens
  • I. lawsoni

Ilaria is an extinct genus of marsupial of the family Ilariidae, dating from the Late Oligocene of South Australia. Its diet consisted of leaves.

References

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  • Long, John A.; Michael Archer; Tim Flannery; Suzanne Hand (January 2003). Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-7223-5.
  • Archer, M.; Flannery, T.; Hand, S.; Long, J. Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press, 2002. 244 pages.


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