Ganawamaya

Ganawamaya Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	†Balbaridae
Genus:	†Ganawamaya Cooke, 1992
Type species
†Ganawamaya acris Cooke, 1992
Other species
†G. aediculis Cooke, 1992 †G. gillespieae Kear et al., 2007 †G. couperi Cooke, 1997
Synonyms
Ganawamaya ornata Cooke, 1992 Nambaroo gillespieae Kear et al., 2007 Nambaroo couperi Cooke, 1997

Ganawamaya is an extinct genus of quadrupedal kangaroos that lived in Australia. Its fossils have been found in various Oligocene and Miocene deposits throughout South Australia and Queensland. Four species are currently recognised, G. acris , G. aediculis, G. gillespieae, and G. couperi.[1][2]

Craniodental measurements indicate that both G. aediculis and G. acris were folivorous browsers.[3]

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