Superfamily Phalangeroidea Thomas 1888 (diprotodont marsupial)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Synonym: Hypsiprymnoidea

Parent taxon: Diprotodontia according to M. J. Phillips et al. 2001

See also Ameghino 1897, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pledge 1977, Pledge 2016 and Pocock 1921

Sister taxa: Alkwertatherium, Burramyoidea, Macropodidae, Macropodiformes, Phalangerida, Phalangeriformes, Phalangista convolutor, Phascolarctoidea, Phascolomyoidea, Potoroidae, Pseudocheiridae, Silvabestius, Vombatiformes

Subtaxa: Ektopodontidae Miralinidae

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (5)

• Miocene of Australia (4)

• Oligocene of Australia (8)

Total: 20 collections including 27 occurrences

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