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Lagorchestes (hare-wallaby)
Taxonomy
Lagorchestes was named by Gould (1841). It is extant.
It was assigned to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Burk et al. (1998) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Burk et al. (1998) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Lagorchestes Gould |
| 1997 | Lagorchestes McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Lagorchestes Burk et al. p. 466 |
| 2005 | Lagorchestes Wilson and Reeder |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Lagorchestes Gould 1841 [hare-wallaby]
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Lagorchestes conspicillatus Gould 1841 [Spectacled hare-wallaby]
Lagorchestes hirsutus Gould 1844 [rufous hare-wallaby]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Lagorchestes hirsutus (182924 182925) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lagorchestes leporides (28298 136076 136430) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Lagorchestes leporides, Lagorchestes hirsutus (181307) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lagorchestes leporides (136072 181314) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lagorchestes leporides (136172) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Lagorchestes conspicillatus (21688) |