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Macropus (Macropus) ferragus

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Pachysiagon ferragus was named by Owen (1874). Its type specimen is BM 32903, a mandible (right mandibular fragment with two molars), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Macropus ferragus by Owen (1874), Lydekker (1894), Marshall (1974); it was recombined as Macropus (Macropus) ferragus by Dawson and Flannery (1985).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Macropus ferragus Owen p. 784
1874Pachysiagon ferragus Owen p. 784
1874Macropus (Leptosaigon) gracilis Owen p. 785
1879Pachysiagon ferragus Owen
1894Macropus ferragus Lydekker p. 255
1974Macropus ferragus Marshall p. 66
1985Macropus (Macropus) ferragus Dawson and Flannery p. 483

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusMacropusShaw 1790
subgenusMacropusShaw 1790
speciesferragus()

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.

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Invalid names: Macropus (Leptosaigon) gracilis Owen 1874 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available