''Congruus'' is an extinct genus of
macropod known from the Late Pleistocene of Australia. There are two species, ''Congruus kitcheneri'', which was originally described as a species of ''
Wallabia,''
and ''Congruus congruus''.
[McNamara JA. 199]
A new fossil wallaby (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from the south east of South Australia
''Records of the Western Australian Museum'' 27, 111-115. Specimens are known from
Mammoth Cave
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, Western Australia, the Thylacoleo Caves (
Nullarbor Plain
The Nullarbor Plain ( ; Latin: feminine of 'no' and 'tree') is part of the area of flat, almost treeless, arid or semi-arid country of southern Australia, located on the Great Australian Bight coast with the Great Victoria Desert to its no ...
) and the
Naracoorte caves in South Australia.
Potential material is also known from Eastern Australia.
The morphology of the skull and limbs suggests that they were semi-arboreal browsers, moving slowly through trees, though they were larger than and not as specialised for climbing as living
tree kangaroos.
They are thought to be members of the tribe Macropodini, and close relatives of the extinct genus ''
Protemnodon
''Protemnodon'' is an extinct genus of megafaunal macropodids that existed in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea in the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Members of this genus are also called giant kangaroos.
Protemnodon tumbuna
Taxonomy
Recent analy ...
''.
References
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Macropods
Prehistoric marsupial genera