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Macropus (Petrogale) (rock wallaby)
Taxonomy
Petrogale was named by Gray (1837). It is extant. Its type is Petrogale xanthopus.
It was reranked as Macropus (Petrogale) by Gould (1841).
It was assigned to Macropus by Gould (1841); to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was reranked as Macropus (Petrogale) by Gould (1841).
It was assigned to Macropus by Gould (1841); to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Subtaxa
Petrogale brachyotis, Petrogale lateralis, Petrogale penicillata, Petrogale xanthopus (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1837 | Petrogale Gray |
| 1841 | Macropus (Petrogale) Gould |
| 1997 | Petrogale McKenna and Bell |
| 2005 | Petrogale Wilson and Reeder |
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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.
Subg. Macropus (Petrogale) Gray 1837 [rock wallaby]
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Petrogale brachyotis Gould 1840 [Short-eared rock-wallaby]
Petrogale lateralis Gould 1842 [Black-flanked rock-wallaby]
Petrogale penicillata Gray 1827 [Brush-tailed rock-wallaby]
†Petrogale xanthopus Gray 1837
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009 | |||||
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): 2.58 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Petrogale sp. (182842) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | Australia (Victoria) | Petrogale sp. (70577) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Petrogale penicillata (182974) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Petrogale penicillata (96019) Petrogale sp. (96015) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Petrogale sp. (183095) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Petrogale sp. (182819) | |
| Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Petrogale penicillata (235090) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Petrogale sp. (191983) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Petrogale godmani, Petrogale inornata (21688) |