Palorchestes
| Palorchestes Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Partial skull and mandibles of Palorchestes azael | |
| Life restoration of an adult and juvenile | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | †Palorchestidae |
| Genus: | †Palorchestes Owen, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Palorchestes azael Owen, 1873 | |
| Other species | |
Palorchestes ("ancient leaper") is an extinct genus of large terrestrial, herbivorous Australian marsupial of the family Palorchestidae, living from the Miocene through to the Late Pleistocene. Like other palorchestids, it had highly retracted nasal region suggesting that it had a prehensile lip, as well as highly unusual clawed forelimbs that were used to grasp vegetation.