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Simosthenurus maddocki

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Simosthenurus maddocki was named by Wells and Murray (1979). Its type specimen is SAM P16999, a partial skull (near-complete cranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Victoria Fossil Cave, Main Fossil Chamber, which is in a Pleistocene cave siltstone in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. gilli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Simosthenurus maddocki Wells and Murray pp. 213-218 figs. 1-6

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilySthenurinaeGlauert 1926
tribeSimosthenurini
genusSimosthenurusTedford 1966
speciesmaddockiWells and Murray 1979

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.

†Simosthenurus maddocki Wells and Murray 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Simosthenurus maddocki (28298 135896 135983 136076 136107 136109 136159 136173 136230 136423 136424 136425 136427 136431 136433 136783 181305)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Simosthenurus maddocki (96015)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Simosthenurus maddocki (135919 136221)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Simosthenurus maddocki (type locality: 28364)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Simosthenurus maddocki (136157 182957)