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Macropus goliah

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Macropus goliah was named by Owen (1874). Its type specimen is BMNH M1896, a maxilla (partial right adult maxilla containing M1-3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Procoptodon goliah by Lydekker (1894).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. agilissiva, M. birdselli, M. rankeni, M. wellingtonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Macropus goliah Owen
1874Macropus goliah Owen p. 791
1894Procoptodon goliah Lydekker p. 253

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusMacropusShaw 1790
speciesgoliah

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 goliah Owen 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:34:36
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:34:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon goliah (136148)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Procoptodon goliah (135919)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Procoptodon goliah (136112)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Procoptodon goliah (135763 135906 136119 136507 136517 136518 136519 136520 181761)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon goliah (28298 135896 135927 135930 135936 135978 135979 135983 136076 136145 136147 136159 136428 136429 136433 136526 136528 136633 136634 136635 136636 136637 136638 136639 136640 136641 136642)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Procoptodon goliah (181307)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon goliah (28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Procoptodon goliah (136515 136516)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon goliah (135977)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Procoptodon goliah (28422 95863)