Palorchestes Owen 1874 (diprotodont marsupial)

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

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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

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