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Macropus (Macropus) (kangaroo)
Taxonomy
Macropus (Macropus) was named by Shaw (1790). It is extant. Its type is Macropus giganteus.
It was assigned to Macropus by Shaw (1790) and Dawson and Flannery (1985).
It was assigned to Macropus by Shaw (1790) and Dawson and Flannery (1985).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1790 | Macropus (Macropus) Shaw |
| 1874 | Macropus (Leptosaigon) Owen |
| 1874 | Leptosaigon Owen p. 785 |
| 1971 | Fissuridon Bartholomai |
| 1985 | Macropus (Macropus) Dawson and Flannery p. 481 |
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Subg. Macropus (Macropus) Shaw 1790 [kangaroo]
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†Macropus (Macropus) ferragus Owen 1874
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Invalid names: Macropus (Leptosaigon) gracilis Owen 1874 [synonym]
Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus Desmarest 1817 [western grey kangaroo]
Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 [eastern grey kangaroo]
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Invalid names: Macropus faunus De Vis 1895 [synonym], Macropus magister De Vis 1895 [synonym], Macropus titan Owen 1838 [synonym]
†Macropus (Macropus) mundjabus Flannery 1980
†Macropus (Macropus) pan De Vis 1895
†Macropus (Macropus) pearsoni Bartholomai 1971
Invalid names: Leptosaigon Owen 1874 [invalid subgroup], Macropus (Fissuridon) Bartholomai 1971 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bassarova et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Australia (Victoria) | Macropus sp. (70572) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (new south wales) | Macropus pan (182214) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Macropus giganteus (182150) | |
| Piacenzian | Australia (Victoria) | Macropus giganteus (70578) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | Australia (Victoria) | Macropus mundjabus (70577) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Macropus giganteus (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Macropus fuliginosus (136076) Macropus giganteus (136159) Macropus giganteus, Macropus fuliginosus (136430) Macropus giganteus, Macropus titan, Macropus fuliginosus (136073) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Macropus giganteus (136221) Macropus titan (70580) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Macropus titan (181761) Macropus titan, Macropus ferragus (96015) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Macropus titan, Macropus fuliginosus, Macropus ferragus (181307) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Macropus fuliginosus (28364) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Macropus titan (183095) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Macropus giganteus, Macropus titan (136730) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Macropus fuliginosus (136074) Macropus giganteus (136075) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Macropus fuliginosus (181314) Macropus giganteus (136072) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Australia (Victoria) | Macropus titan (92836 92837) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Macropus titan, Macropus ferragus (197269) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Macropus titan (95863) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Macropus giganteus, Macropus fuliginosus (136172) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Macropus fuliginosus (183094) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Macropus giganteus (21688) |