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Ganguroo bilamina

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Ganguroo bilamina was named by Cooke (1997). Its type specimen is QM F19915, a mandible (left dentary), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wayne's Wok Site, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian terrestrial limestone in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Ganguroo bilamina Cooke pp. 288-291 fig. 3
2014Ganguroo bilamina Travouillon et al.

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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
familyMacropodidae()
genusGanguroo
speciesbilamina

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.

Ganguroo bilamina Cooke 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:34:32
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.44000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Ganguroo bilamina (type locality: 106498 134947)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Ganguroo bilamina (84865 175736 175740 175741)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Ganguroo bilamina (134946 135708)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Queensland) Ganguroo bilamina (53951 175737)