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Diprotodon optatum

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae

Taxonomy
Diprotodon optatum was named by Owen (1838). Its type specimen is BM10796, a mandible (Right dentary fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wellington Caves, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia. It is the type species of Diprotodon, Diprotodon optatum.

Synonyms
  • Diprotodon australis was named by Owen (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wellington Caves, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Diprotodon optatum by Price (2008).
  • Diprotodon annextans was named by McCoy (1861).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Diprotodon optatum by Price (2008).
  • Diprotodon minor was named by Huxley (1862).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Diprotodon optatum by Price (2008).
  • Diprotodon longiceps was named by McCoy (1865). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lake Colac, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Diprotodon optatum by Price (2008).
  • Diprotodon loderi was named by Krefft (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Murrurundi, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Diprotodon optatum by Price (2008).
  • Diprotodon bennettii was named by Krefft (1873). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mendooran, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Diprotodon optatum by Price (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Diprotodon optatum Owen
1844Diprotodon australis Owen
1861Diprotodon annextans McCoy
1862Diprotodon minor Huxley
1865Diprotodon longiceps McCoy
1873Diprotodon bennettii Krefft
1873Diprotodon loderi Krefft
1887Diprotodon australis Owen
1894Diprotodon australis Lydekker p. 261
1924Diprotodon australis Longman
2008Diprotodon optatum Price

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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
suborderVombatiformesBurnett 1830
infraorderVombatomorphiaAlpin and Archer 1987
superfamilyDiprotodontoideaOwen 1866
familyDiprotodontidaeGill 1872
genusDiprotodonOwen 1838
speciesoptatumOwen 1838

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.

†Diprotodon optatum Owen 1838
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Invalid names: Diprotodon annextans McCoy 1861 [synonym], Diprotodon australis Owen 1844 [synonym], Diprotodon bennettii Krefft 1873 [synonym], Diprotodon loderi Krefft 1873 [synonym], Diprotodon longiceps McCoy 1865 [synonym], Diprotodon minor Huxley 1862 [synonym]
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: 2016-09-04 20:58:56
Modified: 2016-09-04 20:58:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Tedford and Wells 1990, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Holocene23.04 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Diprotodon optatum (182835)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Diprotodon australis, Diprotodon optatum (type locality: 136725)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Diprotodon optatum (181784)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia ( New South Wales) Diprotodon optatum (182621)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Diprotodon bennettii (137655) Diprotodon loderi (137654) Diprotodon optatum (96019 181761)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Diprotodon annextans, Diprotodon longiceps (137628) Diprotodon longiceps (70582) Diprotodon optatum, Diprotodon longiceps (70580)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Diprotodon australis (138403 188748) Diprotodon sp. (137644)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Diprotodon optatum (28298 136076)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Diprotodon optatum (181307)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Diprotodon optatum (194845) Diprotodon sp. (136726)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Diprotodon optatum (143748 210195 210197)