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Zygomaturus sp. nov. 'Kangaroo Island'

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

 

Distribution

Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]

Well, Roderick T., Prideaux, Gavin J., McDowell, Matthew C. and Hall, Linda-Marie. (1999). A Late Pleistocene deposit at Rocky River, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Abstracts from the 6th CAVEPS, Perth, 7-11 July, 1997. In: Baynes, Alexander and Long, John A. (eds.). Papers in vertebrate palaeontology. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 57: 423.

 

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