''Ektopodon'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus of
marsupial,
and is the
type genus of the
family Ektopodontidae which occurred in forested environments in South Australia, Queensland and Victoria. The last species of this group went extinct in the early
Pleistocene (between 2.588 million years ago and 781,000 years ago). Its body mass was estimated around 1300 grams. Scientists believe that ektopodontids were highly specialised seed-eating possums.
The type species ''
Ektopodon serratus'' describes material excavated at the
Lake Ngapakaldi fossil site in South Australia.
References
Prehistoric marsupial genera
Prehistoric diprotodonts
Riversleigh fauna
Fossil taxa described in 1967
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