Cookeroo

Cookeroo; Temporal range: 23–18 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Oligocene - Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Suborder:	Macropodiformes
Family:	Macropodidae; Gray, 1821
Subfamily:	Bulungamayinae
Genus:	Cookeroo
Species
	C. bulwidarri Butler et al., 2016; C. hortusensis Butler et al., 2016;

Cookeroo is a genus of extinct kangaroos from the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene found in fossil deposits from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, in Australia. The genus includes two species, C. bulwidarri and C. hortusensis.

References

^ ^a ^b Butler, Kaylene; Travouillon, Kenny J.; Price, Gilbert J.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J. (2016). "Cookeroo, a new genus of fossil kangaroo (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1083029. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

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[Butler-2016-1] Butler, Kaylene; Travouillon, Kenny J.; Price, Gilbert J.; Archer, Michael; Hand, Suzanne J. (2016). "Cookeroo, a new genus of fossil kangaroo (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland, Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1083029. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

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