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Procoptodon browneorum

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Procoptodon browneorum was named by Merriless (1968). Its type specimen is WAM 63.2.94, a mandible (right dentary fragment missing coronoid process), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammoth Cave, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Procoptodon browneorum Merriless p. 141

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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
speciesbrowneorumMerriless 1968

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 browneorum Merriless 1968
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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: Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Procoptodon browneorum (136110 136111 136438 136439 136441 136736 136760 136761 136763 136764)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Procoptodon browneorum (136221 136775)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Procoptodon browneorum (135912)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon browneorum (135896 136076 136107 136159 136174 136193 136423 136428 136429 136431 136434 136642 136738 136765 136766 136768 136770 136771 136772 136773 136783)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon browneorum (28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Procoptodon browneorum (type locality: 136437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon browneorum (136072 182957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon browneorum (136172)