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Macropus (Notamacropus) (wallaby)

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Macropus (Notamacropus) Dawson and Flannery p. 489

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
subgenusNotamacropus

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 (Notamacropus) Dawson and Flannery 1985 [wallaby]
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Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis Gould 1842 [agile wallaby]
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Invalid names: Osphranter stirtoni Marcus 1976 [synonym]
Macropus (Notamacropus) dorsalis Gray 1837 [black-striped wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) eugenii Desmarest 1817 [tammar wallaby]
†Macropus (Notamacropus) greyi Waterhouse 1846 [toolache wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) irma Jourdan 1837 [western brush wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) parma Waterhouse 1846 [parma wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) parryi Bennett 1835 [pretty-faced wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) rufogriseus Desmarest 1817 [red-necked wallaby]
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: Lillegraven 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Macropus greyi (136073 136076)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Macropus dorsalis, Macropus agilis (96015)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Macropus agilis (181307)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Macropus dorsalis, Macropus thor (183095)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Macropus parryi, Macropus dorsalis (136730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Macropus greyi (181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Notamacropus sp. (210195 210197 210198 210199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Macropus dorsalis (92837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Macropus agilis (197269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Macropus agilis (183085)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Notamacropus rufogriseus (235090)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Macropus parryi, Macropus agilis (21688)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Macropus eugenii, Macropus irma (183094)