Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Palorchestidae
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: Palorchestidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
See also Owen 1874
Sister taxa: Ngapakaldia, Pitikantia, Propalorchestes
Subtaxa: Palorchestes anulus Palorchestes azael Palorchestes painei Palorchestes parvus Palorchestes pickeringi Palorchestes selestiae
Type: Palorchestes azael
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (15 collections)
• Pliocene of Australia (3)
• Miocene of Australia (3)
Total: 21 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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