Dorcopsoides

Dorcopsoides is a genus of extinct kangaroo from the Late Miocene of Australia and Late Pliocene of Papua New Guinea.

Description

The genus Dorcopsoides was described in 1967 from a well-preserved lower jaw, skull fragments, and occipital found in the Upper Miocene Alcoota [Fossil Beds] north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. It was part of the Alcoota local fauna, which also included zygomaturine diprotodonts, a type of mihirung, a crocodile and the giant thylacine, Thylacinus potens.
It was about the size of a gray and black four-eyed opossum. The generic name, Dorcopsoides, indicates a resemblance to forest wallabies now living in New Guinea and neighboring islands.