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Macropus atlas
Taxonomy
Macropus atlas was named by Owen (1838). Its type specimen is BMNH M10778, a mandible (right dentary fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Sthenurus atlas by Lydekker (1894).
It was recombined as Sthenurus atlas by Lydekker (1894).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Macropus atlas Owen |
| 1894 | Sthenurus atlas Lydekker p. 253 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Macropus atlas Owen 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Bassarova et al. 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Sthenurus atlas (135668) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Sthenurus atlas (135895) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Sthenurus atlas (96019 135906 136115 136116 136117 136119) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Sthenurus atlas (135927 135983 136121) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Sthenurus atlas (183095) |