# Kolopsis

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Extinct genus of marsupials

Kolopsis Temporal range: Late Miocene to Pliocene Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Family: †Diprotodontidae Subfamily: †Zygomaturinae Genus: †Kolopsis Woodburne, 1967 Type species Kolopsis torus Woodburne, 1967 Species See text.

***Kolopsis*** is an [extinct](/source/Extinct) [genus](/source/Genus) of [diprotodontid](/source/Diprotodontid) [marsupials](/source/Marsupial) from [Australia](/source/Australia) and [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea). It contains three species,[1] although *K. rotundus* may be more closely related to other [zygomaturines](/source/Zygomaturinae) than to *Kolopsis*.[2]

- †*Kolopsis rotundus* Plane 1967 ([Pliocene](/source/Pliocene), [Watut River](/source/Watut_River), Papua New Guinea)

- †*Kolopsis torus* Woodburne, 1967 ([Miocene](/source/Miocene), [Alcoota](/source/Alcoota), [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory), Australia)

- †*Kolopsis yperus* Murray, Megirian & Wells, 1993 (Miocene, Alcoota, Northern Territory, Australia)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mikko_1-0)** Mikko Haaramo (11 March 2008). ["†Diprotodontidae after McKenna & Bell, 1997"](http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/metatheria/notometatheria/diprotodontia/diprotodontidae.html). Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-amus_2-0)** Anne Musser (11 June 2009). ["*Kolopsis torus*"](http://australianmuseum.net.au/Kolopsis-torus-). Australian Museum. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

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 Kolopsis Wikidata: Q2596807 Wikispecies: Kolopsis GBIF: 4826014 IRMNG: 1336016 Open Tree of Life: 4943596 Paleobiology Database: 40191

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