Raemeotherium

Raemeotherium Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	†Diprotodontidae
Subfamily:	†Zygomaturinae
Genus:	†Raemeotherium Rich et al., 1978
Species:	†R. yatkolai
Binomial name
†Raemeotherium yatkolai Rich et al., 1978

Raemeotherium is an extinct genus of diprotodont marsupial from the late Oligocene Namba Formation of South Australia. It was much smaller than other diprotodonts, approximately the size of a lamb, and comparatively gracile. It is usually placed within the Zygomaturinae, but because the upper third premolar is unknown doubt remains about its affinities.

References

• Long, J., Archer, M., Flannery, T., & Hand, S. (2002) Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One hundred million years of evolution. University of New South Wales Press (page 97)
• Rich, T. H., Archer, M., and Tedford, R. H. (1978) Raemeotherium yatkolai, gen. et sp. nov., a primitive diprotodontid from the medial Miocene of South Australia. Memoirs of The National Museum of Victoria, 39: 85-91 http://biostor.org/reference/102728/page/1