Glaucodon

Extinct genus of marsupials

Glaucodon
Temporal range: Late Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Genus: Glaucodon
Stirton, 1957
Species:
G. ballaratensis
Binomial name
Glaucodon ballaratensis
Stirton, 1957

Glaucodon is an extinct genus of marsupial from Australia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Gerdtz, W. and Archbold, N. (2003) Glaucodon ballaratensis (Marsupialia, Dasyuridae), a Late Pliocene 'Devil' from Batesford, Victoria, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Vol 115, No 2, pp. 35–44, Royal Society of Victoria, Australia.

Further reading

  • Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
  • Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand
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Agreodontia
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Mammalia
  • Superorder: Australidelphia
Notoryctidae
Peramelemorphia
Thylacomyidae
Peramelidae
Thylacinidae
Sminthopsinae
Sminthopsini
Dasyurinae
Phascogalini
Dasyurini
Macrotis lagotis

Thylacinus cynocephalus

Dasyurus viverrinus
Taxon identifiers
Glaucodon ballaratensis


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