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Onychogalea (nail-tailed wallaby)
Taxonomy
Onychogalea was named by Gray (1841). It is extant.
It was assigned to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Burk et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Burk et al. (1998).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Onychogalea Gray |
| 1997 | Onychogalea McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Onychogalea Burk et al. p. 466 |
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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. Onychogalea Gray 1841 [nail-tailed wallaby]
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Onychogalea frenata Gray 1841
Onychogalea unguifera Gould 1841 [northern nail-tail wallaby]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Bassarova et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Miocene - Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Onychogalea unguifera (183097) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Onychogalea lunata, Onychogalea frfaenata (181307) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Onychogalea unguifera (183085) |