Ilaria

• Pinpa Lake, Lake Palankarinna, South Australia, Australia

Ilaria is a marsupial genus of late Oligocene within the Vombatiformes.

Features

Ilaria, the " strange beast" ( derived from a word of a Aboriginalsprache, the " alien " means ), was as big as a calf in about. It is known by half a skull, a mandible, pieces of the skull, vertebrae, limb bones and ribs, all of them get rather fragmentary. A striking feature of the dentition is that the upper incisors 1 and 3 and the lower incisor 1 rather resemble canines, while the upper second incisors very small precipitates. Also, the upper third premolar is quite small, as well as all molars. Probably Ilaria fed on leaves.

Species

There are known two types:

• Ilaria illumidens Tedford, Woodburne, 1987 lived in South Australia and is one of the local Pinpa - local fauna to. * Ilaria lawsoni Tedford, Woodburne, 1987 also lived in South Australia and is a member of the local Ditjimanka - local fauna.