Ganawamaya
Extinct genus of marsupials
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Ganawamaya is an extinct genus of quadrupedal kangaroos that lived in Australia. Its fossils have been found in various Oligocene and Miocene deposits throughout South Australia and Queensland. Four species are currently recognised, G. acris , G. aediculis, G. gillespieae, and G. couperi.[1][2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Balbaridae |
| Genus: | †Ganawamaya Cooke, 1992 |
| Type species | |
| †Ganawamaya acris Cooke, 1992 | |
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Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
Craniodental measurements indicate that both G. aediculis and G. acris were folivorous browsers.[3]
