Kuterintja is an extinct genus of marsupial of the family Ilariidae. Only one species has been described, Kuterintja ngama, from Late Oligocene of Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Ilariidae |
| Genus: | †Kuterintja Pledge, 1987 |
| Species: | †K. ngama
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| †Kuterintja ngama Pledge, 1987
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References
edit- 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.
- Archer, Michael & Myers, Troy. (1997). Kuterintja ngama (Marsupiala, Ilariidae): A revised systematic analysis based on material from the late Oligocene of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 41. 379-392. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271769608_Kuterintja_ngama_Marsupiala_Ilariidae_A_revised_systematic_analysis_based_on_material_from_the_late_Oligocene_of_Riversleigh_northwestern_Queensland
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