Silvaroo
Extinct genus of marsupials
title: "Silvaroo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["prehistoric-macropods", "prehistoric-mammals-of-australia", "pleistocene-marsupials", "prehistoric-marsupial-genera", "fossil-taxa-described-in-2004"] description: "Extinct genus of marsupials" topic_path: "geography/australia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvaroo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct genus of marsupials ::
| fossil_range = Pleistocene | image = | image_caption = Restoration of Silvaroo buloloensis. | taxon = Silvaroo | authority = Dawson, 2004 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Silvaroo bandharr Silvaroo buloloensis
Silvaroo is an extinct genus of megafaunal macropods that existed in Australia in the Pleistocene. Based on fossil evidence and affinities with the extant forest wallabies from the genera Dorcopsis and Dorcopsulus from Papua New Guinea, the two species of this genus were removed from the genus Protemnodon to Silvaroo.
References
References
- Dawson, L.. (2004). "New fossil genus of forest wallaby (Marsupialia, Macropodinae) and a review of Protemnodon from eastern Australia and New Guinea". Alcheringa.
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