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Propleopus

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Propleopus was named by Longman (1924). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hypsiprymnodontinae by Flannery and Archer (1984); to Propleopinae by Archer and Flannery (1985); and to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Propleopus Longman
1984Propleopus Flannery and Archer
1985Propleopus Archer and Flannery
1997Propleopus McKenna and Bell

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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
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilyPropleopinae
genusPropleopusLongman 1924

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. †Propleopus Longman 1924
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†Propleopus chillagoensis Archer et al. 1978
†Propleopus oscillans De Vis 1888
†Propleopus wellingtonensis Archer and Flannery 1985
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: Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) P. sp. (70558)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) P. oscillans (181761) P. sp. (96019) P. wellingtonensis (135747)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. chillagoensis (135746)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) P. oscillans (28298)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) P. sp. (92837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. oscillans (28422)