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 Procoptodon according to R. Owen 1874
Sister taxa: Procoptodon browneorum, Procoptodon gilli, Procoptodon mccoyi, Procoptodon oreas, Procoptodon otuel, Procoptodon rapha, Procoptodon williamsi
Type specimen: BMNH 39996, a maxilla (right maxillary fragment). Its type locality is Gowrie, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (11 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (2)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
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