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Macropus

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1790Macropus Shaw
1807Macropus elegans Lambert
1811Halmaturus Illiger p. 80
1825Halmaturus Gray p. 339
1825Macropus Gray p. 339
1846Macropus (Halmaturus) Waterhouse
1894Macropus Lydekker p. 254
1921Macropus Pocock p. 593
1974Macropus Marshall p. 66
1984Macropus Flannery and Archer
1985Macropus Dawson and Flannery p. 478
1997Macropus McKenna and Bell
1998Macropus Burk et al. p. 466

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusMacropusShaw 1790

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. Macropus Shaw 1790
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Subg. Macropus (Macropus) Shaw 1790 [kangaroo]
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Invalid names: Macropus (Leptosaigon) gracilis Owen 1874 [synonym]
Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus Desmarest 1817 [western grey kangaroo]
Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 [eastern grey kangaroo]
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Invalid names: Macropus faunus De Vis 1895 [synonym], Macropus magister De Vis 1895 [synonym], Macropus titan Owen 1838 [synonym]
†Macropus (Macropus) pan De Vis 1895
†Macropus (Macropus) pearsoni Bartholomai 1971
Invalid names: Leptosaigon Owen 1874 [invalid subgroup], Macropus (Fissuridon) Bartholomai 1971 [synonym]
Subg. Macropus (Notamacropus) Dawson and Flannery 1985 [wallaby]
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Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis Gould 1842 [agile wallaby]
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Invalid names: Osphranter stirtoni Marcus 1976 [synonym]
Macropus (Notamacropus) dorsalis Gray 1837 [black-striped wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) eugenii Desmarest 1817 [tammar wallaby]
†Macropus (Notamacropus) greyi Waterhouse 1846 [toolache wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) irma Jourdan 1837 [western brush wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) parma Waterhouse 1846 [parma wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) parryi Bennett 1835 [pretty-faced wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) rufogriseus Desmarest 1817 [red-necked wallaby]
Subg. Macropus (Osphranter) Gould 1842
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Macropus (Osphranter) antilopinus Gould 1842 [antilopine kangaroo]
Macropus (Osphranter) bernardus Rothschild 1904 [Woodward's wallaroo]
†Macropus (Osphranter) pavana Bartholomai 1978
Macropus (Osphranter) robustus Gould 1841 [eastern wallaroo]
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Invalid names: Macropus birdsellii Tedford 1967 [synonym], Osphranter cooperi Owen 1874 [synonym]
Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Desmarest 1822 [red kangaroo]
Invalid names: Dendrodorcopsis Rothschild 1903 [invalid subgroup], Megaleia Gistel 1848 [invalid subgroup], Phascolagus Owen 1874 [invalid subgroup]
Subg. Macropus (Petrogale) Gray 1837 [rock wallaby]
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Petrogale brachyotis Gould 1840 [Short-eared rock-wallaby]
Petrogale lateralis Gould 1842 [Black-flanked rock-wallaby]
Petrogale penicillata Gray 1827 [Brush-tailed rock-wallaby]
†Petrogale xanthopus Gray 1837
†Macropus anak Owen 1859
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Invalid names: Protemnodon og Owen 1874 [synonym]
†Macropus atlas Owen 1838
†Macropus brehus Owen 1874
†Macropus dryas De Vis 1895
†Macropus goliah Owen 1874
†Macropus mimas Owen 1874
†Macropus minor Owen 1877
†Macropus narada Bartholomai 1978
†Macropus raechus Owen 1874
†Macropus rama Bartholomai 1975
Macropus rufogriseus Desmarest 1817
†Macropus woodsi Bartholomai 1975
Invalid names: Halmaturus Illiger 1811 [synonym], Macropus elegans Lambert 1807 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:34:36
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:34:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Bassarova et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) M. woodsi (13318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (South Australia) Procoptodon goliah (136148)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) M. sp. (51328 70559)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) M. dryas, M. woodsi (182159)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (New South Wales) M. sp. (182916) M. sp., Petrogale sp. (182842)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Australia (Victoria) M. sp. (70572)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (new south wales) M. pan (182214)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Sthenurus atlas (135668)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Sthenurus atlas (135895)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Australia (Victoria) M. sp., M. giganteus (182150)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Australia (Victoria) M. giganteus (70578) M. sp. (70574)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Petrogale sp., M. mundjabus, M. sp. (70577)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia ( New South Wales) M. giganteus (182621)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (New South Wales) Macropus indet. (182211 182213)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) M. sp. (96022 182924 182925) Procoptodon goliah (136112)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. anak (188748) M. sp., M. anak (138403)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) M. giganteus (136221) M. sp. (70581) M. titan (70580) Procoptodon goliah (135919)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) M. cf. giganteus/titan, Procoptodon goliah, M. rufogriseus (28298) M. fuliginosus, M. greyi, Procoptodon goliah, M. rufogriseus (136076) M. giganteus, Procoptodon goliah, M. rufogriseus (136159) M. sp., M. giganteus, M. fuliginosus, M. rufogriseus (136430) M. sp., M. giganteus, M. titan, M. fuliginosus, M. greyi (136073) Procoptodon goliah (135896 135930 135936 135978 135979 136145 136147 136428 136429 136433 136526 136528 136633 136634 136635 136636 136637 136638 136639 136640 136641 136642) Procoptodon goliah, Sthenurus atlas (135927 135983) Sthenurus atlas (136121)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) M. sp., M. rankeni, Petrogale sp., M. titan, M. ferragus, M. dorsalis, M. altus, M. agilis (96015) M. titan, Procoptodon goliah, M. robustus (181761) M. wellingtonensis, M. rankeni, M. sp., Sthenurus atlas, Petrogale penicillata (96019) Procoptodon goliah (135763 136507 136517 136518 136519 136520) Procoptodon goliah, Sthenurus atlas (135906 136119) Sthenurus atlas (136115 136116 136117)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) M. birdselli, M. titan, M. fuliginosus, M. ferragus, Megaleia rufa, Procoptodon goliah, M. agilis (181307)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Petrogale sp., M. titan, M. dorsalis, M. thor, Sthenurus atlas, M. altus (183095)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) M. fuliginosus, Procoptodon goliah (28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Procoptodon goliah (136515 136516)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) M. fuliginosus, M. rufogriseus (136074) M. sp., M. giganteus, M. rufogriseus (136075)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. agilissiva, M. giganteus, M. titan, M. parryi, M. dorsalis (136730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) M. fuliginosus, Megaleia rufa, M. greyi, M. rufogriseus (181314) M. giganteus, M. rufogriseus (136072) Macropus indet., M. rufogriseus (182957) M. sp. (182079) Procoptodon goliah (135977)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) M. rufgriseus, M. titan, M. ferragus, M. agilis (197269) M. rufus (182001)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. rama, Procoptodon goliah (28422) M. sp., Notamacropus sp. (210195 210198 210199) M. sp., Osphranter rufus, Notamacropus sp. (210197) M. titan, Procoptodon goliah (95863)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Tasmania) M. rufogriseus (182961 182962)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) M. titan (92836) M. titan, M. dorsalis, M. rufogriseus (92837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) M. agilis (183085) M. sp., M. giganteus, M. fuliginosus, M. rufogriseus (136172)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Petrogale sp. (182819)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) M. rufus (182902)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) M. fuliginosus, M. eugenii, M. irma (183094) M. sp., Petrogale sp., M. robustus (191983)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Notamacropus rufogriseus, Petrogale penicillata (235090)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Petrogale godmani, Petrogale inornata, M. giganteus, M. antilopinus, M. parryi, M. robustus, M. agilis (21688)