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
Ordo: Therapsida
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
Genus: Kolopsis
Species: K. rotundus – K. torus – K. yperus
Name
Kolopsis Woodburne, 1967 [source: Woodburne (1967: 71)]
Gender: feminine
Type species: Kolopsis torus Woodburne, 1967, by original designation [and monotypy] [source: Woodburne (1967: 71)]
References
cited sources
Woodburne, M.O. 1967: Three new diprotodontids from the Tertiary of the Northern Territory, Australia. Pp. 53-103 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.F.; Megirian, D.; Wells, R. 1993: Kolopsis yperus sp. nov. (Zygomaturinae, Marsupialia) from the Ongeva local fauna: new evidence for the age of the Alcoota fossil beds of central Australia. Beagle, 10: 155–171.
Plane, M.D. 1967: Two new diprotodontids from the Pliocene Otibanda Formation, New Guinea. Pp. 105-128 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
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Kolopsis is an extinct genus of diprotodontid marsupials from Australia and Papua New Guinea. It contains three species,[1] although K. rotundus may be more closely related to other zygomaturines than to Kolopsis.[2]
†Kolopsis rotundus Plane 1967 (Pliocene, Watut River, Papua New Guinea)
†Kolopsis torus Woodburne, 1967 (Miocene, Alcoota, Northern Territory, Australia)
†Kolopsis yperus Murray, Megirian & Wells, 1993 (Miocene, Alcoota, Northern Territory, Australia)
References
Mikko Haaramo (11 March 2008). "†Diprotodontidae after McKenna & Bell, 1997". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
Anne Musser (11 June 2009). "Kolopsis torus". Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
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