zygomaturine

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noun

Any extinct marsupial of the subfamily Zygomaturinae.

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Meanings

nounzygomaturine (plural zygomaturines)

plural zygomaturines

  1. Any extinct marsupial of the subfamily Zygomaturinae.

    In turn, there are two subfamilies of the diprotodontids: the zygomaturines, whose members have multi-cusped last upper premolars; and the diprotodontines, whose members have much simpler premolars.

    2000, Michael Archer, Australia's Lost World: Prehistoric Animals of Riversleigh, page 111
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