Family Potoroidae Gray 1821

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae

Alternative spelling: Potoroinae

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310

Parent taxon: Diprotodontia according to R. M. Nowak 1991

Sister taxa: Alkwertatherium, Burramyoidea, Macropodidae, Macropodiformes, Phalangerida, Phalangeriformes, Phalangeroidea, Phalangista convolutor, Phascolarctoidea, Phascolomyoidea, Pseudocheiridae, Silvabestius, Vombatiformes

Subtaxa: none

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (34 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (2)

Total: 41 collections including 91 occurrences

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