Subfamily Potoroinae Gray 1821 (kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Alternative spelling: Potoridae

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310

Parent taxon: Macropodidae according to K. J. Travouillon et al. 2016

See also Burk et al. 1998, Flannery et al. 1982, Flannery and Archer 1984, Flannery and Archer 1987, Gray 1821, Nowak 1991, Pocock 1921 and Prideaux 2004

Sister taxa: Cookeroo, Dorcopsoides, Ganguroo, Lagostrophinae, Leptosiagon, Macropodinae, Nambarinae, Pachysiagon, Rhizosthenurus, Synaptodon, Triclis, Acrobata

Subtaxa: Gumardee

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Ecology: saltatorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (11 collections)

Total: 11 collections including 18 occurrences

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