Ngapakaldia

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Ngapakaldia
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Diprotodontidae
Genus: Ngapakaldia
R. A. Stirton
, 1967
Species
  • N. bonythoni Stirton, 1967
  • N. tedfordi Stirton, 1967
Synonyms
  • Bematherium Tedford, 1967[1]

Ngapakaldia is an

Late Oligocene
.

The genus was established in 1967 by

Lake Ngapakaldi, located in Lake Ngapakaldi to Lake Palankarinna Fossil Area in the Tirari Desert of central Australia.[2]

Two species are placed with the genus, N. bonythoni and N. tedfordi.[3]

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