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Macropus (Osphranter)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Osphranter Gould
1848Megaleia Gistel
1874Phascolagus Owen p. 261
1903Dendrodorcopsis Rothschild p. 414
1984Macropus (Osphranter) Flannery and Archer
1985Macropus (Osphranter) Dawson and Flannery p. 485
1997Osphranter McKenna and Bell

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusMacropusShaw 1790
subgenusOsphranter(Gould 1842)

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.

Subg. Macropus (Osphranter) Gould 1842
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Macropus (Osphranter) antilopinus Gould 1842 [antilopine kangaroo]
Macropus (Osphranter) bernardus Rothschild 1904 [Woodward's wallaroo]
†Macropus (Osphranter) pavana Bartholomai 1978
Macropus (Osphranter) robustus Gould 1841 [eastern wallaroo]
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Invalid names: Macropus birdsellii Tedford 1967 [synonym], Osphranter cooperi Owen 1874 [synonym]
Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Desmarest 1822 [red kangaroo]
Invalid names: Dendrodorcopsis Rothschild 1903 [invalid subgroup], Megaleia Gistel 1848 [invalid subgroup], Phascolagus Owen 1874 [invalid subgroup]
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 14:34:36
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:34:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bassarova et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Quaternary to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Macropus sp. (70577)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Macropus altus (96015) Macropus robustus (96019 181761)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Megaleia rufa (181307)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Macropus altus (183095)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Macropus rufus (182001)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Osphranter rufus (210197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Megaleia rufa (181314)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Macropus robustus (191983)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Macropus rufus (182902)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Macropus antilopinus, Macropus robustus (21688)