Neohelos

Name: Neohelos.
Phonetic: Ne-o-hel-os.
Named By: Stirton‭ ‬-‭ ‬1967.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Marsupialia,‭ ‬Vombatiformes,‭ ‬Diprotodontoidea,‭ ‬Diprotodontidae,‭ ‬Zygomaturinae.
Species: N.‭ ‬tirarensis‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬N.‭ ‬davidridei,‭ ‬N.‭ ‬solus,‭ ‬N.‭ ‬stirtoni
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Australia,‭ ‬Queensland‭ ‬-‭ ‬Wipajiri Formation.
Time period: Early-Mid Miocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several individuals.

       Neohelos is a genus of diprotodont marsupial similar to other genera such as Diprotodon and Zygomaturus.‭ ‬However,‭ ‬Neohelos is not currently known from such good fossil remains as other genera,‭ ‬hence why it is not as commonly known as them.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Revision in the diprotodontid marsupial genus Neohelos:‭ ‬Systematics and biostratigraphy.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica‭ ‬58‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬679‭–‬706.‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Black,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Archer,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Hand‭ & ‬H.‭ ‬Godthelp‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.



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