Nambaroo

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Nambaroo
Fossil range: Late Oligocene to Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupiala
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Nambaroo
Flannery and Rich, 1986
Species
  • N. gillespieae
  • N. tarrinyeri
  • N. saltavus
  • N. novus

Nambaroo gillespieae is an extinct genus of macropod marsupial from the late Oligocene some 25 million years ago of Australia.

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The Nambaroo (marsupialas;macropodoidas) is the ancestor of today's modern kangaroo. Unlike today's modern kangaroo the Nambaroo ran on four legs unlike the modern kangaroo that hops. They also found fossil remains that support the theory that Nambaroo could also climb trees.

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