Marlu

Marlu; Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Pseudocheiridae
Genus:	Marlu; Woodburne et al., 1987
Species
	M. kutjamarpensis; M. karya; M. sykes; M. praecursor; M. ampelos

Marlu is an extinct genus of Pseudocheiridae from the Oligocene–Miocene of Australia. It consists of five species found at various sites in Australia. M. kutjamarpensis, M. karya, M. sykes and M. ampelos from the Miocene in the Kutjamarpu Local Fauna (Leaf Locality) in Queensland and from the Late Oligocene, M. praecursor from the Wadikali Local Fauna in northern South Australia.[1][2]

References

http://austhrutime.com/riversleigh_ringtail_possums.htm
Roberts, Karen K. "NEW AUSTRALIAN OLIGOCENE TO MIOCENE RINGTAIL POSSUMS (PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE) AND REVISION OF THE GENUSMARLU". Palaeontology. 52: 441–456. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00852.x.

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[1] ttp://austhrutime.com/riversleigh_ringtail_possums.htm

[2] Roberts, Karen K. "NEW AUSTRALIAN OLIGOCENE TO MIOCENE RINGTAIL POSSUMS (PSEUDOCHEIRIDAE) AND REVISION OF THE GENUSMARLU". Palaeontology. 52: 441–456. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00852.x.