Skeletal mount of Zygomaturus trilobus at the Melbourne Museum
Restoration of Z. trilobus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Infraclass:
Marsupialia
Order:
Diprotodontia
Family:
†Diprotodontidae
Subfamily:
†Zygomaturinae
Genus:
†Zygomaturus Macleay, 1857
Species
†Zygomaturus diahotensis
†Zygomaturus gilli (Nomen dubium)[1]
†Zygomaturus tasmanicus
†Zygomaturus trilobus
Zygomaturus[2] is an extinct genus of giant marsupial belonging to the family Diprotodontidae which inhabited Australia from the Late Miocene to Late Pleistocene.
Skull of Zygomaturus in various views, from Owen 1859
^van Zoelen, J. D.; Camens, A. B.; Worthy, T. H.; Prideaux, G. J. (2023). "Description of the Pliocene marsupial Ambulator keanei gen. nov. (Marsupialia: Diprotodontidae) from inland Australia and its locomotory adaptations". Royal Society Open Science. 10 (5). doi:10.1098/rsos.230211. PMC 10230189.
suggest that Zygomaturus was widely distributed over Australia during the Pleistocene. The earliest members of the genus such as Zygomaturus gilli appeared...
size to Zygomaturus. It had long claws to grasp branches with. It lived during the Pleistocene. Euowenia grata Euryzygoma dunense Zygomaturus trilobus...
example from Callabonna, aligning more with what might be expected of Zygomaturus. The animal may have been a female carrying a large joey in her pouch...
Formation of South Australia. A. keanei was previously included in the genus Zygomaturus, but was moved to the new genus Ambulator in 2023. Features of its limbs...
†Zygomaturinae Genus †Neohelos Genus †Raemeotherium Genus †Plaisiodon Genus †Zygomaturus Genus †Kolopsis Genus †Kolopsoides Genus †Hulitherium Genus †Maokopia...
†Kolopsoides †Maokopia †Neohelos †Plaisiodon †Raemeotherium †Silvabestius †Zygomaturus The group first appeared during the Late Oligocene, with representatives...
19th century, being misidentified as a species of marsupial known as Zygomaturus. However, rhinoceros were never native to New Caledonia, and the tooth...
cultural memory of extinct Australian marsupials such as the Diprotodon, Zygomaturus, Nototherium, or Palorchestes. This connection was first formally made...
Diprotodon (largest known marsupial) Hulitherium tomasetti Maokopia ronaldi Zygomaturus Palorchestes ("marsupial tapir") Various members of Vombatidae Lasiorhinus...
(wombats and koalas), as well as many extinct members such as Diprotodon, Zygomaturus, and Palorchestes Almost all extant Macropodiformes, such as: Kangaroos...
authors either as a tooth of a rhinoceros or a tooth of the marsupial Zygomaturus diahotensis, is identified by Affholder, Antoine & Beck (2024) as a tooth...
mythology have been associated with extinct marsupial megafauna such as Zygomaturus or Palorchestes. When shown fossil remains, some Aboriginal peoples identified...
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