Neohelos

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Marsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Vombatiformes
Familia: †Diprotodontidae
Subfamilia: Zygomaturinae
Genus: Neohelos
Species: N. tirarensis

Name

* Neohelos Stirton, 1967 [source: Stirton (1967: 48)]
o Type species: Neohelos tirarensis Stirton, 1967, by original designation [and monotypy] [source: Stirton (1967: 48)]

References

cited sources

* Stirton, R.A. 1967: A diprotodontid from the Miocene Kutjamarpu fauna, South Australia. Pp. 45-51 in: Stirton, R.A.; Woodburne, M.O.; Plane, M.D. Tertiary Diprotodontidae from Australia and New Guinea. Bulletin - Australia, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, (85) ISSN: 0084-7089

additional references

* Murray, P. et al. 2000: Morphology, systematics and evolution of the marsupial genus Neohelos Stirton (Diprotodontidae, Zygomaturinae). MAGNT research report, (6) ISSN: 1444-8939 Print ISSN: 1447-1981 Online PDF

links

* ION
* Nomenclator Zoologicus

Neohelos is an extinct sheep-sized marsupial from the late Oligocene to middle-Miocene aged deposits of Bullock Creek in the Northern Territory, Lake Ngapakaldi South Australia and riversleigh of Queensland. There are four species in this genera, N. tirarensis (Stirton 1967) from Bullock Creek and the undescribed N. spA, N. spB (Bullock creek and Riversleigh) and N. spC from Riversleigh. There might be a fifth species from Lake Ngapakaldi Local Fauna. These are all according to Murry et al. (2000 p. 111) may form succession species with the last being the ancestor to the genera Kolopsis.

References

* The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Jean-Paul Tibbles, Peter Andrews, John Barber, and Michael Benton
* Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand
* Number 6 Murray P et al., 2000 Morphology, systematics and evolution of the marsupial genus Neohelos Stirton (Diprotdontidae, Zygomaturinae)