{"id":154,"date":"2021-11-15T12:01:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T01:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=154"},"modified":"2023-05-12T16:00:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T06:30:45","slug":"kolopsis-yperus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/marsupials\/diprotodontidae-family-diprotodons-relatives\/kolopsis-yperus\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Kolopsis yperus<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><em>Kolopsis yperus<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><em>Kolopsis yperus<\/em> was a mid-sized diprotodontid (subfamily Zygomaturinae). It is known only from the late Miocene fossil beds of Alcoota in the Northern Territory of Australia, where it appears in both the Ongeva Local Fauna and the Alcoota Local Fauna.<\/p>\n<p>The scan below has been taken from a cast of the holotype.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specimen number: <\/strong>NTM P9348<br \/>\n<strong>Skeletal element: <\/strong>Upper 3rd premolar and 1st molar<strong><br \/>\nSignificance of specimen:<\/strong> Cast of the holotype<br \/>\n<strong>Geological age: <\/strong>Miocene<br \/>\n<strong>Locality\/site: <\/strong>Ongeva, Alcoota Station<br \/>\n<strong>State\/territory: <\/strong>Northern Territory[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRmNmODc1YmRlLTEwZWEtNDA4Ni04OTA4LWY1OGZkODg2NjJhNSUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;479&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wells, R., Murray, P., &amp; Megirian, D. (1993). <em>Kolopsis yperus<\/em> sp. nov.(Zygomaturinae, Marsupialia) from the Ongeva Local Fauna: new evidence for the age of the Alcoota fossil beds of central Australia.\u00a0<i>Beagle: Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, The<\/i>,\u00a0<i>10<\/i>, 155-171.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Kolopsis yperus Kolopsis yperus was a mid-sized diprotodontid (subfamily Zygomaturinae). It is known only from the late Miocene fossil beds of Alcoota in the Northern Territory of Australia, where it appears in both the Ongeva Local Fauna and the Alcoota Local Fauna. The scan below has been taken from a cast of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":149,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-154","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/154\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}