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Ekaltadeta (killer kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Ekaltadeta Archer and Flannery
2001Ekaltadeta Myers et al. p. 148

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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
subfamilyPropleopinae
genusEkaltadeta

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. †Ekaltadeta Archer and Flannery 1985 [killer kangaroo]
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Ekaltadeta ima Archer and Flannery 1985
Ekaltadeta 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: Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Tortonian or 15.97000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Australia (Queensland) Ekaltadeta ima (28420)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Australia (Queensland) Ekaltadeta ima, Ekaltadeta jamiemulvaneyi (68775)