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Setonix (quokka)
Taxonomy
Setonix was named by Lesson (1842). 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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| 1842 | Setonix Lesson |
| 1997 | Setonix McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Setonix Burk et al. p. 466 |
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G. Setonix Lesson 1842 [quokka]
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Setonix brachyurus Quoy and Gaimard 1830 [quokka]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Setonix brachyurus (183094) |