''Ilaria'' is an extinct genus of

marsupial Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia, Wallacea and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to most of these species is that the young are carried in a po ...

of the family

Ilariidae The Ilariidae is a family of fossil mammals. Most ilariids are found in the middle Tertiary faunal assemblages of South Australia. '' Ilaria illumidens'' is the best-preserved representative of this extinct clade of vombatiforms. The species is ...

, dating from the

Late Oligocene The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale, the younger of two ages or upper of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series. It spans the time between . The Chattian is preceded by the Rupelian and is followed by the Aquitanian (the lowest stage ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. Its diet consisted of leaves.

References

* * Archer, M.; Flannery, T.; Hand, S.; Long, J
Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution
UNSW Press, 2002. 244 pages. Prehistoric vombatiforms Prehistoric mammals of Australia Oligocene marsupials Prehistoric marsupial genera {{paleo-marsupial-stub