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Bettongia moyesi

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae

Taxonomy
Bettongia moyesi was named by Flannery and Archer (1987). Its type specimen is QM F13026, a skull (complete skull with associate dentaries), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Bettongia moyesi Flannery and Archer p. 760 figs. 1-5

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyPotoroidae()
genusBettongiaGray 1837
speciesmoyesi

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.

Bettongia moyesi Flannery and Archer 1987
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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
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:33:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:33:09
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bassarova et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available