Palorchestidae

Palorchestidae is an extinct family of diprotodont marsupials whose members are sometimes referred to as marsupial tapirs due to their superficial similarity to true tapirs.[1]

Palorchestidae
Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Late Pleistocene
Palorchestes azael
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Vombatiformes
Family: Palorchestidae
Tate, 1948
Genera

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Genera

The family consists of the following four genera:

References


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