Euryzygoma

Euryzygoma
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Vombatiformes
Family: Diprotodontidae
Genus: Euryzygoma
Species: E. dunense
Longman, 1921

Euryzygoma is an extinct genus of marsupial from the Pliocene of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It differed from other diprotodonts in having unusual, flaring cheekbones that may have been used either for storing food or for sexual display.

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