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Macropus (Macropus) pearsoni

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Fissuridon pearsoni was named by Bartholomai (1971).

It was recombined as Macropus pearsoni by Flannery and Archer (1982); it was recombined as Macropus (Macropus) pearsoni by Dawson and Flannery (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Fissuridon pearsoni Bartholomai p. 365
1973Fissuridon pearsoni Bartholomai p. 365
1982Macropus pearsoni Flannery and Archer p. 261
1985Macropus (Macropus) pearsoni Dawson and Flannery p. 483

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

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 (Macropus) pearsoni Bartholomai 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
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
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Bassarova et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available