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Metasthenurus newtonae

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Metasthenurus newtonae was named by Prideaux (2000). Its type specimen is SAM P17249 / P17250, a partial skull (partial adult cranium, and partially fused left and right dentaries), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Green Waterhole Cave, which is in a Pleistocene sinkhole horizon in Australia. It is the type species of Metasthenurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Metasthenurus newtonae Prideaux pp. 1-15 fig. 15

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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
subfamilySthenurinaeGlauert 1926
genusMetasthenurus
speciesnewtonaePrideaux 2000

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.

†Metasthenurus newtonae Prideaux 2000
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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, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Metasthenurus newtonae (136110 136111 136112 136113 136150 136225)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Metasthenurus newtonae (28298 135983 136076 136107 136109 136151 136159 136171 136173 136175 136193 136783)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Tasmania) Metasthenurus newtonae (136224 136421)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Metasthenurus newtonae (136156 136222 136223)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Metasthenurus newtonae (136221)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Metasthenurus newtonae (28364)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Metasthenurus newtonae (95863)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Tasmania) Metasthenurus newtonae (182932)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Metasthenurus newtonae (type locality: 136157)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Metasthenurus newtonae (136172)