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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Metatheria
Cohort: Marsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Vombatiformes

Familia: †Diprotodontidae
Subfamilia: Zygomaturinae
Genera: Alkwertatherium – HulitheriumKolopsisKolopsoides – Kukaodonta – MaokopiaNeohelosPlaisiodonRaemeotheriumSilvabestiusZygomaturus
Genera: Alkwertatherium - Hulitherium - Kolopsis - Kolopsoides - Kukaodonta - Maokopia - Neohelos - Plaisiodon - Raemeotherium - Silvabestius -

Name

Zygomaturinae Stirton, Woodburne & Plane, 1967

References

Mackness, B. 2010: On the identity of Euowenia robusta De Vis, 1891 with a description of a new zygomaturine genus. Alcheringa: an Australasian journal of palaeontology, 34(4): 455–469. DOI: 10.1080/03115511003793488
Murray, P.F. 1990: Alkwertatherium webbi, a new zygomaturine genus and species from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna, Northern Territory (Marsupialia: Diprotodontidae). Beagle, 3: 195–211.
Stirton, R.A.; Woodburne, M.O.; Plane, M.D. 1967: A phylogeny of the Tertiary Diprotodontidae and its significance in correlation. Pp. 149-160 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

The Zygomaturinae are an extinct subfamily of marsupials. The phylogeny and taxonomy of this clade is poorly understood and problematic. Zygomaturines are currently thought to be a subfamily within Diprotodontidae, rather than a distinct family.
References

Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long, Michael Archer, Timothy Flannery, and Suzanne Hand (page 91)

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