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Procoptodon rapha

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Procoptodon rapha was named by Owen (1874). Its type specimen is BMNH 32885, a mandible (left mandibular fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Condamine River, 12 km east of Warra, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Procoptodon rapha Owen

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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
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilySthenurinaeGlauert 1926
genusProcoptodon
speciesrapha

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.

†Procoptodon rapha Owen 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Procoptodon rapha (136725)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Procoptodon rapha (135895)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Procoptodon rapha (135668 type locality: 135917)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Procoptodon rapha (135911 136727)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Procoptodon rapha (95899 96019 135763 136731 136732 181761)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon rapha (28298 135983)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Procoptodon rapha (135919 136734 136735)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Procoptodon rapha (136726 136728 136729 136730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Procoptodon rapha (28422 95863)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon rapha (13319)