Djarthia
Extinct genus of marsupial
title: "Djarthia" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["australidelphia", "eocene-mammals-of-australia", "eocene-marsupials", "transitional-fossils", "fossil-taxa-described-in-1999", "prehistoric-marsupial-genera"] description: "Extinct genus of marsupial" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djarthia" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct genus of marsupial ::
| fossil_range = Early Eocene | image = Djarthia murgonensis.jpg | image_caption = Isolated petrosals of Djarthia murgonensis | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Godthelp et al., 1999 | taxon = Djarthia murgonensis | authority = Godthelp, et al, 1999
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Marsupials.jpg" caption="Comparison of isolated tarsals of ''Djarthia murgonensis'' with an extant australidelphian marsupial and an extant non-australidelphian ('[[ameridelphia]]n') marsupial"] ::
Djarthia is an extinct monotypic genus of marsupial. It is the oldest marsupial found in Australia, discovered at the Murgon fossil site in south-eastern Queensland.
D. murgonensis was described from material identified as Early Eocene Tingamarran fauna, first published in 1999. It was placed with the clade Australidelphia, which includes the marsupials that dispersed throughout Eastern Gondwanan supercontinent during the Eocene and remain extant in Australia and South America. Skeletal material described include a molar, incomplete cochlear and tarsal bone either complete or in fragmented state of preservation.
References
References
- (1999). "A New Marsupial from the Early Eocene Tingamarra Local Fauna of Murgon, Southeastern Queensland: A Prototypical Australian Marsupial?". Journal of Mammalian Evolution.
- (2008). "Australia's Oldest Marsupial Fossils and their Biogeographical Implications". [[Public Library of Science]].
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