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Bettongia (bettong)

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae

Taxonomy
Bettongia was named by Gray (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bettongini by Flannery and Archer (1987); to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Potoroinae by Pocock (1921), Lundelius and Turnbull (1984), Burk et al. (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Bettongia Gray
1916Bettongiops Matschie
1921Bettongia Pocock p. 593
1984Bettongia Lundelius and Turnbull p. 30
1987Bettongia Flannery and Archer
1997Bettongia McKenna and Bell
1998Bettongia Burk et al. p. 466

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyPotoroidae()
genusBettongiaGray 1837

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.

G. Bettongia Gray 1837 [bettong]
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†Bettongia lesueur Quoy and Gaimard 1824
†Bettongia moyesi Flannery and Archer 1987
Bettongia penicillata Gray 1837 [brush-tailed bettong]
Invalid names: Bettongiops Matschie 1916 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:33:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:33:09
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Bassarova et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Holocene3.6 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Bettongia lesueur (182974)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Bettongia sp. (136221)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Bettongia leseueri (182924) Bettongia leseueri, Bettongia penicillata (182925) Bettongia sp., Bettongia penicillata, Bettongia lesueur (136225)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Bettongia sp. (96015)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Bettongia gaimardi (136159) Bettongia gaimardi, Bettongia penicillata, Bettongia lesueur (28298 136073 136076) Bettongia sp., Bettongia lesueur (136430)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Bettongia penicillata, Bettongia lesueur (181307)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Bettongia gaimardi, Bettongia penicillata (28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Bettongia gaimardi, Bettongia lesueur (182920 183262) Bettongia penicillata (136075) Bettongia penicillata, Bettongia lesueur (183263)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Bettongia sp. (136730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Bettongia sp. (181897)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Bettongia lesueur (136072) Bettongia penicillata, Bettongia lesueur (181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Bettongia indet. (183085) Bettongia lesueur (136172)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Bettongia lesueuri, Bettongia penicillata (182819)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Bettongia lesueur (191983) Bettongia penicillata (183094)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Bettongia penicillata (21688)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Bettongia lesueur (182911)