Ilariidae

Ilariidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Infraorder:	Vombatomorphia
Family:	†Ilariidae Tedford & Woodburne, 1987
Genera
†Ilaria †Kuterintja †Nimbadon

The Ilariidae is a family of fossil mammals. Most ilariids are found in the middle Tertiary faunal assemblages of South Australia. Ilaria illumidens is the best-preserved representative of this extinct clade of vombatiforms.

The species^[which?] is found in the Namba Formation of Late Oligocene age, at Lake Pinpa, South Australia. The material consists of a partial cranium and mandibular fragments with most of the dentition, together with parts of the postcranial skeleton.^[1] The other species in this family are known from a few jaw fragments and intact molars attached; they are categorised in a separate family because their teeth structure is unique among Diprotodontia, in having a complicated folding pattern. Ilariids are thought to be the largest marsupials of their time in the Lake Eyre and Tarkarooloo basin.

References

• Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas Hewett Rich 1993 Wildlife of Gondwana Reed Books, Chatswood, New South Wales ISBN 0-7301-0315-3 Reed.

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Vombatiformes

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Diprotodontia

†Thylacoleonidae Enigmaleo Lekaneleo Microleo Thylacoleo Wakaleo Phascolarctidae †Invictokoala †Koobor †Litokoala †Madakoala †Nimiokoala †Perikoala Phascolarctos †Priscakoala

Vombatomorphia

†Thylacoleonidae? †Ilariidae Ilaria Kuterintja †Wynyardiidae Muramura Namilamadeta Wynyardia Vombatoidea †Marada? †Mukupirna Vombatidae Lasiorhinus †Nimbavombatus †Phascolonus †Ramsayia †Rhizophascolonus †Sedophascolomys Vombatus †Warendja †Diprotodontoidea Palorchestidae Palorchestes Propalorchestes Diprotodontidae Alkwertatherium Ambulator Diprotodon Euowenia Euryzygoma Hulitherium Kolopsis Kolopsoides Maokopia Meniscolophus Neohelos Ngapakaldia Nimbadon Nototherium Pitikantia Plaisiodon Pyramios Raemeotherium Silvabestius Sthenomerus Zygomaturus

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