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Palorchestidae

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Palorchestidae
Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Late Pleistocene
Palorchestes azael
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Palorchestidae

Tate, 1948

The family Palorchestidae contains four genera with eight species described. All species are extinct.[1]

  • Propalorchestes (Murray, 1986)
    • P. novaculocephalus (Murray, 1990)
    • P. painei (Murray, 1986)
  • Ngapakaldia (Stirton, 1967)
    • N. bonythoni (Stirton, 1967)
    • N. tedfordi (Stirton, 1967)
  • Palorchestes (Owen, 1873)
    • P. selestiae (Mackness, 1995)
    • P. paine (Woodburne, 1967)
    • P. azael (Owen, 1873)
  • Pitikantia dailyi (Stirton, 1967)

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