''Ilaria'' is an extinct genus of

marsupial Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia. They are natively found in Australasia, Wallacea, and the Americas. One of marsupials' unique features is their reproductive strategy: the young are born in a r ...

of the family

Ilariidae Ilariidae is a family of extinct vombatiform marsupials. Most ilariids are found in the middle Tertiary faunal assemblages of South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in t ...

, dating from the

Late Oligocene The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth. It is a system of chronological dating that uses chronostratigraphy (the pro ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

. Its diet consisted of leaves.

References

* * Archer, M.; Flannery, T.; Hand, S.; Long, J
Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution
UNSW Press, 2002. 244 pages. Prehistoric vombatiforms Prehistoric mammals of Australia Oligocene marsupials Prehistoric marsupial genera {{paleo-marsupial-stub