Macropus dryas De Vis 1895 (kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Alternative combination: Halmaturus dryas

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

See also Flannery and Archer 1984

Sister taxa: Macropus (Macropus), Macropus (Notamacropus), Macropus (Osphranter), Macropus (Petrogale), Macropus anak, Macropus atlas, Macropus brehus, Macropus elegans, Macropus goliah, Macropus mimas, Macropus minor, Macropus narada, Macropus raechus, Macropus rama, Macropus rufogriseus, Macropus woodsi, Halmaturus indra, Halmaturus vinceus, Halmaturus brachyurus, Halmaturus vishnu

Type specimen: QM F3582, a maxilla (maxillary fragment with P3, M2-4)

Ecology: saltatorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Bluff Downs (Pliocene of Australia)

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