Marlu

{{Short description|Extinct genus of marsupials}}

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| fossil_range = Late Oligocene - Middle Miocene

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| taxon = Marlu

| authority = Woodburne et al., 1987

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = Marlu kutjamarpensis

Marlu karya

Marlu sykes

Marlu praecursor

Marlu ampelos

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Marlu is an extinct genus of Pseudocheiridae from the OligoceneMiocene of Australia. It consists of five species found at various sites in Australia. M. kutjamarpensis, M. karya, M. sykes and M. ampelos from the Miocene in the Kutjamarpu Local Fauna (Leaf Locality) in Queensland and from the Late Oligocene, M. praecursor from the Wadikali Local Fauna in northern South Australia.{{Cite web | url=http://austhrutime.com/riversleigh_ringtail_possums.htm | title=Riversleigh Ringtail Possums }}{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00852.x | volume=52 | journal=Palaeontology | pages=441–456 | last1 = Roberts | first1 = Karen K.| title=New Australian Oligocene to Miocene Ringtail Possums (Pseudocheiridae) and Revision of the Genus Marlu | year=2009 | issue=2 | bibcode=2009Palgy..52..441R | doi-access=free }}

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