Dorcopsoides

Dorcopsoides is a genus of extinct species of kangaroo from the Pliocene of Australia.^[1]

Dorcopsoides Temporal range: Late Miocene - Pliocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	†Dorcopsoides Woodburne, 1967
Species:	†D. fossilis
Binomial name
†Dorcopsoides fossilis Woodburne, 1967

Description

Dorcopsoides was described in 1967 from the well-preserved lower jaw, skull fragments and occipital found in the Upper Miocene Alcoota Fossil Beds north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. It was part of the Alcoota local fauna, which also included zygomaturine diprotodonts, a type of mihirung (Ilbandornis), a crocodile (Baru) and the giant thylacine, Thylacinus potens.^[2]

It was about the size of a gray and black four-eyed opossum. The generic name (Dorcopsoides) indicates a resemblance to forest wallabies (Dorcopsis) now living in New Guinea and neighboring islands.^[3]