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Petrogale penicillata (Brush-tailed rock-wallaby)

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Petrogale penicillata was named by Gray (1827). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Petrogale penicillata Gray
2005Petrogale penicillata Wilson and Reeder

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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
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusPetrogaleShaw 1790
speciespenicillataGray 1827

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.

Petrogale penicillata Gray 1827 [Brush-tailed rock-wallaby]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:35:08
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:35:08
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Bassarova et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Holocene3.6 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Petrogale penicillata (182974)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Petrogale penicillata (96019)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Petrogale penicillata (235090)