Biology:Congruus
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| Skull of Congruus kitcheneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
| Genus: | †Congruus McNamara, 1994 |
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Congruus is an extinct genus of macropod known from the Late Pleistocene of Australia. There are two species, Congruus kitcheneri, which was originally described as a species of Wallabia,[1][2] and Congruus congruus.[3] Specimens are known from Mammoth Cave, Western Australia, the Thylacoleo Caves (Nullarbor Plain) and the Naracoorte caves in South Australia.[2][3] Potential material is also known from Eastern Australia.[2] The morphology of the skull and limbs suggests that they were semi-arboreal browsers, moving slowly through trees, though they were larger than and not as specialised for climbing as living tree kangaroos.[2] They are thought to be members of the tribe Macropodini, and close relatives of the extinct genus Protemnodon.[4]
References
- ↑ Flannery TF. 1989A new species of Wallabia (Macropodinae: Marsupialia) from Pleistocene deposits in Mammoth Cave, southwestern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14, 299-307.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Warburton, Natalie M.; Prideaux, Gavin J. (March 2021). "The skeleton of Congruus kitcheneri , a semiarboreal kangaroo from the Pleistocene of southern Australia" (in en). Royal Society Open Science 8 (3): rsos.202216, 202216. doi:10.1098/rsos.202216. ISSN 2054-5703. PMID 33959368.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 McNamara JA. 1994 A new fossil wallaby (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from the south east of South Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27, 111-115.
- ↑ Kerr, Isaac A. R.; Prideaux, Gavin J. (2022-07-03). "A new genus of kangaroo (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) from the late Pleistocene of Papua New Guinea" (in en). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 146 (2): 295–318. doi:10.1080/03721426.2022.2086518. ISSN 0372-1426. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03721426.2022.2086518.
Wikidata ☰ Q20728449 entry
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