†Palorchestes azael Owen 1874 (diprotodont marsupial)
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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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