Ganawamaya

{{Short description|Extinct genus of marsupials}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Oligocene|Middle Miocene}}

| taxon = Ganawamaya

| authority = Cooke, 1992

| type_species = {{extinct}}Ganawamaya acris

| type_species_authority = Cooke, 1992

| subdivision_ranks = Other species

| subdivision =

• {{extinct}}G. aediculis Cooke, 1992
• {{extinct}}G. gillespieae Kear et al., 2007
• {{extinct}}G. couperi Cooke, 1997

| synonyms =

• Ganawamaya ornata Cooke, 1992
• Nambaroo gillespieae Kear et al., 2007
• Nambaroo couperi Cooke, 1997

}}

Ganawamaya is an extinct genus of quadrupedal kangaroos that lived in Australia. Its fossils have been found in various Oligocene and Miocene deposits throughout South Australia and Queensland. Four species are currently recognised, G. acris , G. aediculis, G. gillespieae, and G. couperi.{{cite journal |last1=Cooke |first1=B.N. |title=Primitive macropodids from Riversleigh, north-western Queensland |journal=Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology |date=1992 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=201–217 |doi=10.1080/03115519208619119}}{{cite journal |last1=Butler |first1=Kaylene |last2=Travouillon |first2=Kenny |last3=Price |first3=Gilbert |last4=Archer |first4=Michael |last5=Hand |first5=Suzanne |title=Revision of Oligo-Miocene kangaroos, Ganawamaya and Nambaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodiformes, Balbaridae) |journal=Palaeontologia Electronica |date=2018 |pages=1–58 |doi=10.26879/747|doi-access=free }}