Balbaridae

Balbaroo nalima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Cohors: 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