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Hadronomas

Extinct genus of marsupials From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hadronomas is an extinct genus of kangaroo in the subfamily Sthenurinae. There is only one described species, Hadronomas puckridgi, known from various fossil material from the Alcoota Fauna site, and an undescribed species from Lake Kanunka.[1][2]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Marsupialia
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Hadronomas
Temporal range: Late Miocene–Late Pliocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Subfamily: †Sthenurinae
Genus: †Hadronomas
Woodburne, 1967
Type species
†Hadronomas puckridgi
Woodburne, 1967
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Description

Hadronomas had a simple talonid wall characterised by the absence of a posthypocristid.[3]

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