# Ilariidae

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Extinct family of marsupials

Ilariidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Infraorder: Vombatomorphia Family: †Ilariidae Tedford & Woodburne, 1987 Genera †Ilaria †Kuterintja

**Ilariidae** is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of extinct [vombatiform](/source/Vombatiformes) [marsupials](/source/Marsupial). Most ilariids are found in the middle [Tertiary](/source/Tertiary_period) faunal assemblages of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia). *[Ilaria illumidens](/source/Ilaria)* is the best-preserved representative of this extinct clade.

The only known specimen of *Ilaria illumidens* was found in the [Namba Formation](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namba_Formation&action=edit&redlink=1) of Late Oligocene age, at [Lake Pinpa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake_Pinpa&action=edit&redlink=1), South Australia. The material consists of a partial cranium and mandibular fragments with most of the dentition, together with parts of the postcranial skeleton.[1] The other species in this family are known from a few jaw fragments and intact molars attached; they are categorised in a separate family because their teeth structure is unique among Diprotodontia, in having a complicated folding pattern. Ilariids are thought to be the largest marsupials of their time in the [Lake Eyre](/source/Lake_Eyre) and [Tarkarooloo basin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarkarooloo_basin&action=edit&redlink=1).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jansa003/NSF/Fossils2.pdf](http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jansa003/NSF/Fossils2.pdf) accessed 2010-05-21[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

- Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas Hewett Rich 1993 *Wildlife of Gondwana* Reed Books, Chatswood, New South Wales [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7301-0315-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7301-0315-3) Reed.

v t e Vombatiformes Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Diprotodontia †Thylacoleonidae Enigmaleo Lekaneleo Microleo Thylacoleo Wakaleo Phascolarctidae †Invictokoala †Koobor †Litokoala †Madakoala †Nimiokoala †Perikoala Phascolarctos †Priscakoala Vombatomorphia †Thylacoleonidae? †Ilariidae Ilaria Kuterintja †Wynyardiidae Muramura Namilamadeta Wynyardia Vombatoidea †Marada? †Mukupirna Vombatidae Lasiorhinus †Nimbavombatus †Phascolonus †Ramsayia †Rhizophascolonus †Sedophascolomys Vombatus †Warendja †Diprotodontoidea Palorchestidae Palorchestes Propalorchestes Diprotodontidae Alkwertatherium Ambulator Diprotodon Euowenia Euryzygoma Hulitherium Kolopsis Kolopsoides Maokopia Meniscolophus Neohelos Ngapakaldia Nimbadon Nototherium Pitikantia Plaisiodon Pyramios Raemeotherium Silvabestius Sthenomerus Zygomaturus

Taxon identifiers Ilariidae Wikidata: Q148200 EoL: 4471706 GBIF: 4826299 IRMNG: 102606 Open Tree of Life: 3607112 Paleobiology Database: 247559

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