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Diprotodonta

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Diprotodonta was named by Owen (1866). It is extant.

It was reranked as the superorder Diprotodonta by Ameghino (1897); it was reranked as the order Diprotodonti by Jaekel (1911); it was reranked as the order Diprotodonta by Marshall (1974).

It was assigned to Marsupialia by Ameghino (1897); to Miotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Marsupialia by Marshall (1974); to Marsupiata by Lundelius and Turnbull (1982); and to Marsupialia by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Diprotodonta Owen
1897Diprotodonta Ameghino p. 495
1911Diprotodonti Jaekel p. 209
1974Diprotodonta Marshall p. 66
1982Diprotodonta Lundelius and Turnbull p. 2
1997Diprotodonta McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
infraclassMarsupialia()
superorderDiprotodonta(Owen 1866)
superorderDiprotodonta(Owen 1866)

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.

Superor. Diprotodonta Owen 1866
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Superfm. †Petauroidea Gill 1872
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Fm. †Pilkipildridae Archer et al. 1987
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G. †Dilgaringa Archer et al. 1987
G. †Djilgaringa Archer et al. 1987
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Djilgaringa gillespiei Archer et al. 1987
Djilgaringa thompsoni Archer et al. 1987
G. †Pilkipildra Archer et al. 1987
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Pilkipildra handi Archer et al. 1987
Pilkipildra taylori Archer et al. 1987
Invalid names: Thylacoleoidea Gill 1872 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Tortonian or 28.40000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Pilkipildra taylori (182109)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Australia (Tasmania) Petauroidea indet. (182968)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Djilgaringa thompsonae (51413) Pilkipildra handae (51412) Pilkipildra handi (136534) Pilkipildra taylori (28194)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Djilgaringa sp. (183096)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Australia (Queensland) Djilgaringa gillespiei (28420)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Australia (Queensland) Djilgaringa gillespiei (135647)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Australia (Queensland) Petauroidea indet. (68775)