Ganawamaya is an extinct genus of quadrupedal kangaroos that lived in Australia.
| Ganawamaya | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Balbaridae |
| Genus: | †Ganawamaya Cooke, 1992[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ganawamaya acris Cooke, 1992
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Species include:[2]
- G. acris Cooke, 1992
- G. aediculis Cooke, 1992
- G. gillespieae (Kear et al., 2007)
- G. couperi (Cooke, 1997)
References edit
- ^ Cooke, B.N. (1992). "Primitive macropodids from Riversleigh, north-western Queensland". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 16 (3): 201–217. doi:10.1080/03115519208619119.
- ^ Butler, Kaylene; Travouillon, Kenny; Price, Gilbert; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne (2018). "Revision of Oligo-Miocene kangaroos, Ganawamaya and Nambaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodiformes, Balbaridae)". Palaeontologia Electronica: 1–58. doi:10.26879/747.
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