Tribe Simosthenurini Prideaux 2004 (short-faced kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Full reference: G. J. Prideaux. 2004. Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos. UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146:1-623

Parent taxon: Sthenurinae according to G. J. Prideaux 2004

Sister taxa: Hadronomas, Lagostrophus, Metasthenurus, Procoptodon, Sthenurus, Troposodon

Subtaxa: Archaeosimos Simosthenurus

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (82 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (5)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 90 collections including 132 occurrences

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