†Ekaltadeta Archer and Flannery 1985 (killer kangaroo)
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Full reference: M. Archer and T. Flannery. 1985. Revision of the Extinct Gigantic Rat Kangaroos (Potoroidae: Marsupialia), with Description of a New Miocene Genus and Species and a New Pleistocene Species of Propleopus. Journal of Paleontology 59(6):1331-1349
Parent taxon: Propleopinae according to M. Archer and T. Flannery 1985
See also Myers et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Jackmahoneya, Propleopus
Subtaxa: Ekaltadeta ima Ekaltadeta jamiemulvaneyi Ekaltadeta wellingtonensis
Type: Ekaltadeta ima
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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