Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Alternative combination: Procoptodon goliah
Full reference: R. Owen. 1874. On the Fossil Mammals of Australia. Part IX. Family Macropodidae; Genera Macropus, Pachysiagon, Leptosiagon, Procoptodon, and Palorchestes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 164:783-803
Belongs to Macropus according to Owen 1845
See also Lydekker 1894
Sister taxa: Macropus (Macropus), Macropus (Notamacropus), Macropus (Osphranter), Macropus (Petrogale), Macropus anak, Macropus atlas, Macropus brehus, Macropus dryas, Macropus elegans, Macropus mimas, Macropus minor, Macropus narada, Macropus raechus, Macropus rama, Macropus rufogriseus, Macropus woodsi, Halmaturus vinceus, Halmaturus brachyurus, Halmaturus indra, Halmaturus vishnu
Type specimen: BMNH M1896, a maxilla (partial right adult maxilla containing M1-3)
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (45 collections)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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