Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae
Parent taxon: Macropodinae according to L. Dawson et al. 1999
See also Flannery and Archer 1984, Flannery et al. 1989, Marshall 1974 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Baringa, Bohra, Congruus, Dendrolagini, Dendrolagus, Dorcopsis, Dorcopsulus, Halmaturus odin, Kurrabi, Lagorchestes, Macropus, Macropus affinis, Macropus piltonensis, Onychogalea, Osphranter gouldi, Peradorcas, Prionotemnus, Setonix, Silvaroo, Thylogale, Wallabia, Watutia
Subtaxa: Protemnodon anak Protemnodon bandharr Protemnodon brehus Protemnodon buloloensis Protemnodon chinchillaensis Protemnodon devisi Protemnodon hopei
Ecology: saltatorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (30 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (12), Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene to Holocene of Australia (1)
Total: 46 collections including 62 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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