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Macropus (Osphranter) robustus altus

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Phascolagus altus was named by Owen (1874). It is extant.

It was recombined as Macropus altus by Lydekker (1894); it was recombined as Macropus (Osphranter) robustus altus by Dawson and Flannery (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Phascolagus altus Owen p. 359
1894Macropus altus Lydekker p. 255
1985Macropus (Osphranter) robustus altus Dawson and Flannery p. 488

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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
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusMacropusShaw 1790
subgenusOsphranter(Gould 1842)
speciesrobustus(Gould 1841)
subspeciesaltus(Owen 1874)

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.

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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: Bassarova et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Nowak 1991, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Macropus altus (96015)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Macropus altus (183095)