Macropus (Macropus) pearsoni Bartholomai 1971 (kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Alternative combinations: Fissuridon pearsoni, Macropus pearsoni

Full reference: A. Bartholomai. 1971. Fissuridon pearsoni, a new fossil macropodid (Marsupialia) from Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16:365

Belongs to Macropus (Macropus) according to L. Dawson and T. Flannery 1985

See also Flannery and Archer 1982

Sister taxa: Leptosaigon, Macropus (Macropus) ferragus, Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus, Macropus (Macropus) giganteus, Macropus (Macropus) mundjabus, Macropus (Macropus) pan

Ecology: saltatorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Macropus (Macropus) pearsoni in the database

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