Metasthenurus 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, Procoptodon, Simosthenurini, Sthenurus, Troposodon

Subtaxa: Metasthenurus newtonae

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Type: Metasthenurus newtonae

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (29 collections)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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