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
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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