Palorchestes azael Owen 1874 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Palorchestidae

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 Palorchestes according to R. Lydekker 1894

Sister taxa: Palorchestes anulus, Palorchestes painei, Palorchestes parvus, Palorchestes pickeringi, Palorchestes selestiae

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections)

• Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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