Procoptodon Owen 1874 (short-faced kangaroo)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: R. Owen. 1874. On the Fossil Mammals of Australia. Part IX. Family Macropodidae; Genera Macropus, Pachysiagon, Leptosiagon, Procoptodon, and Palorchestes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 164:783-803

Parent taxon: Sthenurinae according to G. J. Prideaux 2004

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Owen 1874

Sister taxa: Hadronomas, Lagostrophus, Metasthenurus, Simosthenurini, Sthenurus, Troposodon

Subtaxa: Procoptodon browneorum Procoptodon gilli Procoptodon mccoyi Procoptodon oreas Procoptodon otuel Procoptodon pusio Procoptodon rapha Procoptodon williamsi

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Type: Procoptodon pusio

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (82 collections)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (4)

Total: 86 collections including 121 occurrences

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