†Procoptodon browneorum Merriless 1968 (short-faced kangaroo)
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Belongs to Procoptodon according to Merriless 1968
Sister taxa: Procoptodon gilli, Procoptodon mccoyi, Procoptodon oreas, Procoptodon otuel, Procoptodon pusio, Procoptodon rapha, Procoptodon williamsi
Type specimen: WAM 63.2.94, a mandible (right dentary fragment missing coronoid process). Its type locality is Mammoth Cave, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (39 collections)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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