Yarala

Yarala hija ġeneru ta' mammiferi marsupjali estinti, marsupjali relatati fil-qrib mal-bandikuti tal-kontinent Awstraljan. 

Is-superfamilja Yaraloidea qiegħda klassifikata fil-klassi Mammalia, fis-sottoklassi Theria, fl-infraklassi Metatheria (il-marsupjali), fis-superordni Australidelphia (il-marsupjali Awstraljani kollha u l-kolokolo tal-kontinent ta' l-Amerika ta' isfel), fl-ordni Peramelemorphia ma' 2 superfamilji oħra il-Perameloidea u l-Thylacotingoidea.

Din is-superfamilja hija waħda żgħira u tiġbor fiha familja waħda 'l hekk imsejjħa Yaralidae, ġeneru wieħed il-Yarala u 2 speċi biss estinti.

(għal aktar informazzjoni ara l-artikli Bandikuti u Peramelemorphia)

Lista ta' l-ispeċi tas-superfamilja Yaraloidea

Superfamilja Yaraloidea				
Familja Yaralidae				
Ġeneru Yarala (Filan & Muirhead,1995)
Yarala burchfieldi (Filan & Muirhead,1995)
Yarala kida (Schwartz,2006)

Referenzi
Turnbull, W.D. et al. (2003). "Dasyurids, perameloids, phalangeroids and vomabatoids from the early Pliocene Hamilton fauna, Victoria, Australia". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279: 513–540.
Muirhead, J. (2000). "Yaraloidea (marsupialia, peramelemorphia), a new superfamily of marsupial and a description and analysis of the cranium of the Miocene Yarala burchfieldi". Journal of Paleontology 74 (3): 512–523.
Muirhead, J. and Filan, S.L. (1995). "Yarala burchfieldi, a pleisomorphic bandicoot (marsupialia, peramelemorphia) from Oligo-Miocene deposits of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland". Journal of Paleontology 69 (1): 127–134.

Ħoloq Esterni
Tassonomija tal-Mammiferi.
GeoScienceWorld Journal of Paleontology: May 2000: v. 74:  no. 3: p. 512-523 YARALOIDEA (MARSUPIALIA, PERAMELEMORPHIA), A NEW SUPERFAMILY OF MARSUPIAL AND A DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE CRANIUM OF THE MIOCENE YARALA BURCHFIELDI

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