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Protemnodon bandharr

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Protemnodon bandharr was named by Dawson et al. (1999). Its type specimen is AM F69830,, a mandible (right dentary with M4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Big Sink, Wellington Caves , which is in a Pliocene terrestrial breccia in Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. otibandus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Protemnodon bandharr Dawson et al.

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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
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusProtemnodonOwen 1874
speciesbandharr

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.

†Protemnodon bandharr Dawson et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. Dawson et al. 1999The smallest species of Protemnodon yet described,
being smaller than P. nombe and P. buloloensis. Molars are in the size range of Dorcopsoides fossilis Woodburne, 1967 among similar extinct taxa. Premolars are approximately equal to fourth molar in length and are shorter relative to molar length than any other species of Protemnodon. Distinguished from the similar Dorcopsoides fossilis by the more extensive lingual cingulum and broad lingual valley of p3 and by the absence of
4
postparacristae on the upper molars. Distinguished from species of Wallabia by the extremely robust dentary compared with the size of the molar teeth and the absence of postparacristae and premetacristae on the upper molars.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, p = phylum
References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (New South Wales) Protemnodon bandharr (type locality: 181610)