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Marada

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraclass
  
Marsupialia

Family
  
†Maradidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Diprotodontia

Class
  
Mammalia

Suborder
  
Vombatiformes

Genus
  
†Marada

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Silvabestius, Diprotodontia, Riversleigh rainforest, Litokoala, Priscileo

Marada arcanum is a species of Vombatiformes discovered in 2001 at the Oligocene Hiatus Site at Riversleigh. It is the only member of the genus Marada. It exhibits plesiomorphic and apomorphic features making the determination of its taxonomic placement difficult. It has been placed within its own family, Maradidae. The specimen consists of the right dentary, with the first incisor but missing the crown, the whole of the horizontal ramus with intact premolar three and molars one to four. The posterior is missing the coronoid process, the articular condyle and the angular process.

References

Marada Wikipedia