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Hypsiprymnodontidae
Taxonomy
Hypsiprymnodontinae was named by Collett (1887). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Hypsiprymnodontidae by Pocock (1921), Prideaux (2004); it was reranked as the family Hypsiprymnodontidae by Bates et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Phalangeroidea by Pocock (1921); to Potoroidae by Flannery and Archer (1984), Flannery and Archer (1987); and to Macropodoidea by Prideaux (2004), Bates et al. (2014).
It was reranked as the subfamily Hypsiprymnodontidae by Pocock (1921), Prideaux (2004); it was reranked as the family Hypsiprymnodontidae by Bates et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Phalangeroidea by Pocock (1921); to Potoroidae by Flannery and Archer (1984), Flannery and Archer (1987); and to Macropodoidea by Prideaux (2004), Bates et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Hypsiprymnodontinae Collett |
| 1921 | Hypsiprymnodontidae Pocock p. 607 |
| 1984 | Hypsiprymnodontinae Flannery and Archer |
| 1987 | Hypsiprymnodontinae Flannery and Archer |
| 2004 | Hypsiprymnodontidae Prideaux |
| 2014 | Hypsiprymnodontidae Bates et al. |
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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.
Subfm. Hypsiprymnodontidae Collett 1887
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G. Hypsiprymnodon Ramsay 1876 [musky rat-kangaroo]
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†Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii Flannery and Archer 1987
†Hypsiprymnodon dennisi Bates et al. 2014
†Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae Bates et al. 2014
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay 1876 [musky rat-kangaroo]
†Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri Bates et al. 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Zanclean or 23.04000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Hypsiprymnodon sp. (183096) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii (28420) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri, Hypsiprymnodon dennisi, Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae (182975) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Hypsiprymnodontidae indet. (70556) |