Euryzygoma information

Euryzygoma; Temporal range: Pliocene
	Life reconstruction of Euryzygoma dunense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	†Diprotodontidae
Genus:	†Euryzygoma; Longman, 1921
Species:	†E. dunense
Binomial name
	†Euryzygoma dunense; De Vis, 1888

Euryzygoma is an extinct genus of marsupial which inhabited humid eucalyptus forests in Queensland and New South Wales during the Pliocene of Australia.^[1]^[2] Euryzygoma is believed to have weighed around 500 kg,^[3] and differed from other diprotodonts in having unusual, flaring cheekbones that may have been used either for storing food or for sexual display.^[4] Euryzygoma is thought to be the ancestral genus from which Diprotodon evolved.^[5]

^ "Fossilworks: Euryzygoma". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ "Anaspides.net". www.anaspides.net. Archived from the original on 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
^ MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306460920.
^ Long, John A.; Archer, Michael (2002-01-01). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868404356.
^ Price, Gilbert J.; Piper, Katarzyna J. (December 2009). "Gigantism of the Australian Diprotodon Owen 1838 (Marsupialia, Diprotodontoidea) through the Pleistocene". Journal of Quaternary Science. 24 (8): 1029–1038. doi:10.1002/jqs.1285.

[1] "Fossilworks: Euryzygoma". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[2] "Anaspides.net". www.anaspides.net. Archived from the original on 2017-07-20. Retrieved 2017-04-20.

[3] MacPhee, R. D. E. (1999-06-30). Extinctions in Near Time. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780306460920.

[4] Long, John A.; Archer, Michael (2002-01-01). Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868404356.

[5] Price, Gilbert J.; Piper, Katarzyna J. (December 2009). "Gigantism of the Australian Diprotodon Owen 1838 (Marsupialia, Diprotodontoidea) through the Pleistocene". Journal of Quaternary Science. 24 (8): 1029–1038. doi:10.1002/jqs.1285.

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Euryzygoma Temporal range: Pliocene

Life reconstruction of Euryzygoma dunense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	†Diprotodontidae
Genus:	†Euryzygoma Longman, 1921
Species:	†E. dunense
Binomial name
†Euryzygoma dunense De Vis, 1888