Palorchestes

Palorchestes ('ancient leaper or dancer') is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivorous marsupial of the family Palorchestidae. The genus was endemic to Australia, living from the Late Miocene subepoch through the Pleistocene epoch (around 11.6 mya – 11,000 years ago), and thought to be in existence for approximately 11.59 million years.
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Prehistoric diprotodonts
Category:Prehistoric mammals of Australia
Category:Prehistoric marsupial genera
Category:Miocene marsupials
Category:Pliocene marsupials
Category:Pleistocene marsupials
Category:Megafauna of Australia
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1873
Category:Miocene genus first appearances
Category:Pleistocene genus extinctions