Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Cladus: Boreosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Metatheria
Cladus: Marsupialiformes
Infraclassis: Marsupialia
Cladus: Australidelphia
Cladus: Eomarsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Macropodiformes
Familia: †Balbaridae
Genera (4): †Balbaroo – †Ganawamaya – †Nambaroo – †Wururoo
Name
Balbaridae Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1982
Synonymy
Balbarinae Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1982: 293
Balbaridae Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1982 [Cooke & Kear, 1999]
Nambarinae Kear & Cooke, 2001
Type genus
†Balbaridae Flannery, Archer & Plane: †Balbaroo Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1982 [stem = Balbar-]
†Nambarinae Kear & Cooke, 2001: †Nambaroo Flannery & Rich, 1986 [stem = Nambar-]
References
Primary references
Flannery, T.F., Archer, M. & Plane, M. 1982. Middle Miocene Kangaroos (Macropodoidea: Marsupialia) from three localities in Northern Australia, with a description of two new subfamilies. BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics 7(4): 287–302. PDF. Reference page.
Cooke, B.N. & Kear, B.P. 1999. Evolution and diversity of kangaroos (Macropodoidea: Marsupialia). Australian Mammalogy 21: 27–29.
Kear, B.P. & Cooke, B.N. 2001. A review of macropodid (Marsupialia) systematics with the inclusion of a new family. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25: 83–101.
Additional references
Cooke, B.N. 1992. Primitive macropodids from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Alcheringa 16: 201–217. DOI: 10.1080/03115519208619119
Cooke, B.N. 1997. Two new balbarine kangaroos and lower molar evolution within the subfamily. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41: 269–280.
Kear, B.P., Cooke, B.N., Archer, M. & Flannery, T.F. 2007. Implications of a new species of the Oligo-Miocene kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) Nambaroo, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Paleontology 81: 1147–1167. DOI: 10.1666/04-218.1
Balbaridae is an extinct family of basal Macropodoidea. The synapomorphies are divided into two areas, the dental and cranial. The dental area of this taxa can be described as having the molar lophodont and brachyodont with a hypolophid formed by lingually displaced component of posthypocristid and linked to a buccal crest from the entoconid. Molars have a hypocingulid, first lower molar compressed with the "forelink" absent. First incisor with lingual and dorsal enamel ridgelets. The third lower premolar of some taxa have a posterobuccal cusp (cusp at the back close to the cheek). The skull is defined by four shared characteristics, a large sinuses, postorbital lateral constriction of the skull, a hypertrophy of the mastoid processes and no auditory bulla formed by an inflated tympanic wing of the alisphenoid.[2]
Subfamily indeterminate
†Galanarla
Subfamily Nambarinae
†Nambaroo
†Wururoo
W. dayamayi
†Ganawamaya
Subfamily Balbarinae
†Balbaroo
†Balbaroo fangaroo
References
Cooke, B.N.; Kear, B.P. (1999). "Evolution and diversity of kangaroos (Macropodoidea: Marsupialia)". Australian Mammalogy. 21: 27–29, 34–45.
Kear, B.P. & Cooke, B.N., 2001:12!20. A review of macropodoid systematics with the inclusion of a new family. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 25, 83-101. ISSN 0810-8889
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