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344 / Cenozoic
Nimbadon
Nimbadon lavarackorum
Grasping feet and flexible shoulders reveal a large climbing marsupial.
View original image · 1536 × 1024- Time range
- About 15 million years ago
- Final stage
- Middle Miocene
- Geographic range
- Wet rainforest · Queensland, Australia
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Nimbadon?
Nimbadon (Nimbadon lavarackorum) was an extinct organism known from About 15 million years ago, with a range in Wet rainforest · Queensland, Australia.
Life and ecology
This diprotodontian fed on leaves in the canopy or on heavy branches.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Nimbadon disappear?
Australian drying and rainforest contraction likely reduced its tree-dwelling niche; a specific cause is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Nimbadon?
Cave assemblages from juveniles to adults preserve claws, joints and braincases.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS