Procoptodon williamsi 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

Belongs to Procoptodon according to G. J. Prideaux 2004

Sister taxa: Procoptodon browneorum, Procoptodon gilli, Procoptodon mccoyi, Procoptodon oreas, Procoptodon otuel, Procoptodon pusio, Procoptodon rapha

Type specimen: SAM P25059, a maxilla (left maxillary fragment containing P3, M1-4). Its type locality is Malkuni Waterhole, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Katipiri Formation of Australia.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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