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 brachyurus, Halmaturus vishnu, Halmaturus indra, Halmaturus vinceus
Type specimen: BMNH M1896, a maxilla (partial right adult maxilla containing M1-3). Its type locality is Darling Downs, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.
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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