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Onychogalea (nail-tailed wallaby)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Onychogalea was named by Gray (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Burk et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Onychogalea Gray
1997Onychogalea McKenna and Bell
1998Onychogalea Burk et al. p. 466

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusOnychogaleaGray 1841

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. Onychogalea Gray 1841 [nail-tailed wallaby]
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Onychogalea unguifera Gould 1841 [northern nail-tail wallaby]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:29:46
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:29:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bassarova et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) Onychogalea unguifera (183097)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Onychogalea lunata, Onychogalea frfaenata (181307)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Onychogalea unguifera (183085)