Kolopsis torus was a mid-sized diprotodontid known only from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna in the Northern Territory of Australia. Standing around 80 cm tall at the shoulder, this was one of the first diprotodontids to show large body size, a trend that began in the later Miocene and continued through into the Pleistocene. Its teeth suggest it was a generalist browser that would have fed on leaves, shoots and stems.
Skeletal element: Cranium
Specimen number: NTM P7245
Geological age: Miocene
Locality/site: Alcoota Local Fauna
State/territory: Northern Territory
Skeletal element: Dentary
Specimen number: NTM P6472
Geological age: Miocene
Locality/site: Alcoota Local Fauna
State/territory: Northern Territory
Woodburne, M. O. (1967). Three new diprotodontids from the Tertiary of the Northern Territory, Australia. Bulletin of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Australia, 85, 55-103.