Protemnodon hopei Flannery 1992 (kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Full reference: T. F. Flannery. 1992. New Pleistocene marsupials (Macropodidae, Diprotodontidae) from subalpine habitats in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Alcheringa 16(4):321-331

Belongs to Protemnodon according to T. F. Flannery 1992

Sister taxa: Protemnodon anak, Protemnodon bandharr, Protemnodon brehus, Protemnodon buloloensis, Protemnodon chinchillaensis, Protemnodon devisi

Type specimen: AMF83613, a maxilla (left and right maxillae containing P3-M5)

Ecology: saltatorial herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protemnodon hopei in the database

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