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Procoptodon gilli

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Procoptodon gilli was named by Merriless (1965). Its type specimen is NMV P21609, a mandible (left and right juvenile dentaries missing most of ascending rami), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shire Quarry, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Procoptodon gilli Merriless

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilySthenurinaeGlauert 1926
genusProcoptodon
speciesgilliMerriless 1965

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 gilli Merriless 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, p = phylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, 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 (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Procoptodon gilli (136504)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Procoptodon gilli (135919 136108 136221 136471 136775 type locality: 136784)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Procoptodon gilli (136443)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon gilli (135896 136076 136107 136109 136159 136423 136427 136428 136429 136430 136442 136765 136768 136770 136772 136773 136781 136782 136783)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon gilli (28364)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon gilli (136072 136157)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon gilli (136172)