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Sthenurus

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Sthenurus was named by Owen (1874). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Macropodidae by Lydekker (1894), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Sthenurinae by Prideaux (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Sthenurus Owen
1894Sthenurus Lydekker p. 253
1997Sthenurus McKenna and Bell
2004Sthenurus Prideaux

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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
subfamilySthenurinaeGlauert 1926
genusSthenurusOwen 1874

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. †Sthenurus Owen 1874
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†Sthenurus andersoni Marcus 1962
†Sthenurus murrayi Prideaux 2004
†Sthenurus notabilis Bartholomai 1963
†Sthenurus stirlingi Wells and Tedford 1995
†Sthenurus tindalei Tedford 1966
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) S. andersoni, S. notabilis (13318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (South Australia) S. stirlingi (136148) S. tindalei (135761)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) S. sp. (51328)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Australia (New South Wales) S. occidentalis (95862)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) S. andersoni (135895)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) S. andersoni (135917)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Australia (Victoria) S. sp. (182150)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (New South Wales) S. tindalei (136155)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) S. andersoni (136110 136111 136113) S. andersoni, S. tindalei (136112) S. sp. (96022) S. tindalei (136150)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) S. andersoni (96015 135763 135897 135900 135901 135905 135906) Sthenurus indet. (182965) S. oreas (96019)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) S. andersoni (135911 135912 135914)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) S. andersoni (135922 135923 135935 135936 135975 135976 135978 135979 135980 135982 136069 136070 136071 136073 136076 136106 136107 136109 136425 136766 136773 136783 181305 182820) S. andersoni, S. stirlingi (135983) S. andersoni, S. tindalei (135927 135930 135981) S. cf. atlas/andersoni (28298) S. stirlingi (136145 136146 136147) S. tindalei (136151 136152 136153 136154)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) S. andersoni (135919 135920) S. orientalis (70582)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) S. occidentalis, S. oreas (183095)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) S. andersoni (28364) S. stirlingi (136144)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) S. andersoni, S. stirlingi (136143)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) S. oreas (136730)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) S. andersoni, S. murrayi, S. tindalei (135908)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) S. tindalei (136149)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) S. andersoni (182001) S. orientalis (182152)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) S. occidentalis (92836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) S. andersoni (95863)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) S. andersoni (136072) S. andersoni, S. tindalei (135977) S. gilli (181314) Sthenurus indet., S. andersoni (182957) S. tindalei (13319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) S. sp. (136172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) S. brownei (183094)