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Procoptodon

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Procoptodon Owen
1997Procoptodon McKenna and Bell
2004Procoptodon Prideaux

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilySthenurinaeGlauert 1926
genusProcoptodon

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. †Procoptodon Owen 1874
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†Procoptodon browneorum Merriless 1968
†Procoptodon gilli Merriless 1965
†Procoptodon mccoyi Turnbull et al. 1992
†Procoptodon oreas De Vis 1895
†Procoptodon otuel Owen 1874
†Procoptodon pusio Owen 1874
†Procoptodon rapha Owen 1874
†Procoptodon williamsi Prideaux 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) P. rapha, P. oreas (136725)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) P. rapha, P. pusio (135895)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. rapha (135668) P. rapha, P. pusio (135917)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (New South Wales) Procoptodon indet. (182211)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Victoria) P. mccoyi (136779)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. pusio (136721 136723 136724) P. pusio, P. browneorum (135912) P. rapha (135911 136727)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) P. browneorum (136174 136193 136431 136434 136642 136738 136766 136771) P. browneorum, P. gilli (135896 136076 136107 136159 136423 136428 136429 136765 136768 136770 136772 136773 136783) P. gilli (136109 136427 136430 136442 136781 136782) P. rapha (28298 135983)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) P. browneorum (136110 136111 136438 136439 136441 136736 136760 136761 136763 136764) P. gilli (136443) P. williamsi (136112)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) P. gilli (136504) P. oreas (136780) P. pusio (136507 136722) P. rapha (96019 136731 136732) P. rapha, P. pusio (95899 181761) P. rapha, P. pusio, P. oreas (135763) P. williamsi (136115)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) P. browneorum, P. gilli (136221 136775) P. gilli (136108 136471 136784) P. rapha (136734 136735) P. rapha, P. gilli (135919)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) P. browneorum, P. gilli (28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) P. browneorum (136437)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. rapha (136726 136728 136729) P. rapha, P. oreas (136730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. rapha, P. pusio (28422) P. rapha, P. pusio, P. oreas (95863)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) P. browneorum (182957) P. browneorum, P. gilli (136072) P. gilli (136157) P. rapha (13319) P. williamsi (135977)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) P. browneorum, P. gilli (136172)