Ganguroo

Ganguroo
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Potoroidae
Subfamily: Bulungamayinae
Genus: Ganguroo
Cooke, 1997
Type species
Ganguroo bilamina
Cooke, 1997
Species
  • G. bilamina
  • G. bites Travouillon et al., 2014
  • G. robustiter Cooke et al., 2015

Ganguroo is a genus of fossil macropods found at Riversleigh in Australia, material dating from the Middle to Late Miocene Epoch. The type species of the genus is Ganguroo bilamina, published in 1997. Two recently described species, Ganguroo bites and Ganguroo robustiter, have also been placed in this genus.

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