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Barinya
Temporal range: Early – middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Infraclass:
Marsupialia
Order:
Dasyuromorphia
Family:
Dasyuridae
Subfamily:
Barinyainae

Wroe, 1999
Genus:
Barinya

Wroe, 1999
Species:
B. wangala
Binomial name
Barinya wangala
Wroe, 1999
Other species

Barinya kutjamarpensis
Binfield et al., 2017

Barinya is a fossil genus from the marsupial family Dasyuridae, which contains the oldest known undoubted dasyurid.

The principal differences between Barinya and more recent dasyurids are in the dentition and skull morphology, with Barinya displaying more primitive features. One described fossil exists and at least one remains to be described. This genus has only been found at Riversleigh in Queensland, where it is quite common in deposits from the Oligo-Miocene.

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