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Balbaroo gregoriensis

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Balbaroo gregoriensis was named by Flannery et al. (1982). Its type specimen is CPC22186, a tooth (An unworn right M/2), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Balbaroo.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Balbaroo gregoriensis Flannery et al. p. 295
2004Balbaroo gregoriensis Schwartz and Megirian p. 668

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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
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilyBalbarinae
genusBalbaroo
speciesgregoriensis

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.

†Balbaroo gregoriensis Flannery et al. 1982
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. F. Flannery et al. 1982Balbaroo gregoriensis can be distinguished from B. camjieldensis in the following ways . The paracristid of the M, of B. gregoriensis is better developed than that of B. camjiel• densis. The paraconid is placed nearer the paracristid, and the protolophid is relatively broader in the former than in the latter. The protoconid is higher than the metaconid in B. gregoriensis, these cuspids being of equal height in B. camjieldensis. The hypolophid is narrower and the pre-entocristid slightly better developed in B. gregoriensis than in B. camjieldensis.
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Queensland) Balbaroo gregoriensis (181323)