Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Parent taxon: Macropodinae according to A. Burk et al. 1998
See also Flannery et al. 1989, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Baringa, Bohra, Congruus, Dendrolagini, Dendrolagus, Dorcopsulus, Halmaturus odin, Kurrabi, Lagorchestes, Macropus, Macropus affinis, Macropus piltonensis, Onychogalea, Osphranter gouldi, Peradorcas, Prionotemnus, Protemnodon, Setonix, Silvaroo, Thylogale, Wallabia, Watutia
Subtaxa: Dorcopsis atrata Dorcopsis hageni Dorcopsis luctuosa Dorcopsis muelleri Dorcopsis veterum
Type: Didelphis brunii
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Neogene of Australia (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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