Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
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 Halmaturus according to R. Owen 1874
Sister taxa: Macropus (Macropus), Macropus (Notamacropus), Macropus (Osphranter), Macropus (Petrogale), Macropus anak, Macropus atlas, Macropus brehus, Macropus dryas, Macropus elegans, Macropus goliah, Macropus mimas, Macropus minor, Macropus narada, Macropus raechus, Macropus rama, Macropus rufogriseus, Macropus woodsi, Halmaturus vinceus, Halmaturus indra, Halmaturus vishnu
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Halmaturus brachyurus in the database
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