Keeuna
Genus of extinct marsupials
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Keeuna (lit. 'forgotten wild cat') is an extinct genus of keeunamorphian marsupial in the family Keeunidae, known from the Late Oligocene Etadunna Formation of Australia. The genus contains a single species, Keeuna woodburnei, known from several teeth and tooth-bearing bones.[1][2]
| Keeuna Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Upper dentition of K. woodburnei (4, 5) compared to other fossil marsupials | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | †Keeunamorphia |
| Family: | †Keeunidae |
| Genus: | †Keeuna Archer, 1976 |
| Species: | †K. woodburnei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Keeuna woodburnei Archer, 1976 | |