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Macropus dryas

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Halmaturus dryas was named by De Vis (1895). Its type specimen is QM F3582, a maxilla (maxillary fragment with P3, M2-4), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Macropus dryas by Flannery and Archer (1984), Dawson and Flannery (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Halmaturus dryas De Vis p. 109
1984Macropus dryas Flannery and Archer
1985Macropus dryas Dawson and Flannery p. 492

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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
speciesdryas(De Vis 1895)

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 dryas De Vis 1895
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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: Bassarova et al. 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) Macropus dryas (182159)