Ilariidae
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The family Ilariidae consists of 3 species of animal found in the middle tertiary assemblage of South Australia. Closely related to Koobor which was found in Hamilton Victoria. Only the jaw of either species is know and they are chategorised because there teeth structure is unique among Diprotodontia in having a complicated pattern. Ilariids were the largest marsupial of there time in the Lake Eyre and Tarkarooloo basin and lived along with wynyardiids, Obdurodon, thylacoleonids (marsupial lions) like Priscileo and Wakaleo.
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Wildlife of Gondwana, By Patricia Vickers-Rich and Thomas Hewett Rich 1993 ISBN 0-7301-0315-3 Reed.
