Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Full reference: K. Butler, K. J. Travouillon, G. J. Price, M. Archer, and S. J. Hand. 2016. Cookeroo, a new genus of fossil kangaroo (Marsupialia, Macropodidae) from the Oligo-Miocene of Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(3):e1083029
Parent taxon: Macropodidae according to K. Butler et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Dorcopsoides, Ganguroo, Lagostrophinae, Leptosiagon, Macropodinae, Nambarinae, Pachysiagon, Potoroinae, Rhizosthenurus, Synaptodon, Triclis, Acrobata
Subtaxa: Cookeroo bulwidarri Cookeroo hortusensis
Type: Cookeroo bulwidarri
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (8 collections)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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