Yalkaparidon
| Yalkaparidon | ||||||||||||
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| early to middle Miocene | ||||||||||||
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| Yalkaparidontia | ||||||||||||
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| Yalkaparidontidae | ||||||||||||
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| Yalkaparidon | ||||||||||||
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Yalkaparidon , also known as "Thingodontan" in English, is a genus of mammals from the Early and Middle Miocene . It is considered a relic of Gondwana .
Origin of name
The generic name Yalkaparidon is derived from the word yalkapari in the Aboriginal language Waanyi , yalkapari means "boomerang". So Yalkaparidon is the "boomerang tooth ".
features
Yalkaparidon was an animal the size of a rat. It had protruding and regrowing lower incisors and crescent-shaped molars. Assumptions regarding nutrition range from eggs to larvae, especially since the teeth are similar to the teeth of the striped duck , a recent Malagasy insectivore .
species
Two types are known:
- Yalkaparidon coheni Archer, Hand & Godthelp, 1988, lived in the early Miocene and is a member of the Camel Sputum local fauna of Riversleigh.
- Yalkaparidon jonesi Archer, Hand & Godthelp, 1988, lived in the Middle Miocene and is a member of the Dwornamor local fauna of Riversleigh.
literature
- Long, Archer, Flannery, Hand: Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea, one hundred million years of evolution . Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore / London 2002, ISBN 0-8018-7223-5 .
- Michael Archer, Suzanne Hand, Henk Godthelp: A new order of tertiary zalambdodont marsupials. In: Science , March 25, 1988, pp. 1528-1531, doi : 10.1126 / science.239.4847.1528 .