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Lagorchestes (hare-wallaby)

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Lagorchestes was named by Gould (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Burk et al. (1998), Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Lagorchestes Gould
1997Lagorchestes McKenna and Bell
1998Lagorchestes Burk et al. p. 466
2005Lagorchestes Wilson and Reeder

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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
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusLagorchestesGould 1841

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. Lagorchestes Gould 1841 [hare-wallaby]
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Lagorchestes conspicillatus Gould 1841 [Spectacled hare-wallaby]
Lagorchestes hirsutus Gould 1844 [rufous hare-wallaby]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:34:24
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:34:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Bassarova et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Holocene3.6 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Lagorchestes sp. (182974)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Lagorchestes hirsutus (182924 182925)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Lagorchestes leporides (28298 136076 136430)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Lagorchestes hirsutus (136511)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Lagorchestes leporides, Lagorchestes hirsutus (181307)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Lagorchestes leporides (136072 181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Lagorchestes leporides (136172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Lagorchestes conspicillatus (21688)