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Diprotodonta
Taxonomy
Diprotodonta was named by Owen (1866). It is extant.
It was reranked as the superorder Diprotodonta by Ameghino (1897); it was reranked as the order Diprotodonti by Jaekel (1911); it was reranked as the order Diprotodonta by Marshall (1974).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Ameghino (1897); to Miotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Marsupialia by Marshall (1974); to Marsupiata by Lundelius and Turnbull (1982); and to Marsupialia by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was reranked as the superorder Diprotodonta by Ameghino (1897); it was reranked as the order Diprotodonti by Jaekel (1911); it was reranked as the order Diprotodonta by Marshall (1974).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Ameghino (1897); to Miotheria by Jaekel (1911); to Marsupialia by Marshall (1974); to Marsupiata by Lundelius and Turnbull (1982); and to Marsupialia by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Diprotodonta Owen |
| 1897 | Diprotodonta Ameghino p. 495 |
| 1911 | Diprotodonti Jaekel p. 209 |
| 1974 | Diprotodonta Marshall p. 66 |
| 1982 | Diprotodonta Lundelius and Turnbull p. 2 |
| 1997 | Diprotodonta McKenna and Bell |
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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.
Superor. Diprotodonta Owen 1866
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Superfm. †Petauroidea Gill 1872
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Fm. †Pilkipildridae Archer et al. 1987
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G. †Dilgaringa Archer et al. 1987
G. †Djilgaringa Archer et al. 1987
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†Djilgaringa gillespiei Archer et al. 1987
†Djilgaringa thompsoni Archer et al. 1987
G. †Pilkipildra Archer et al. 1987
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†Pilkipildra handi Archer et al. 1987
†Pilkipildra taylori Archer et al. 1987
Invalid names: Thylacoleoidea Gill 1872 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Tortonian or 28.40000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Pilkipildra taylori (182109) | |
| Oligocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Petauroidea indet. (182968) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Djilgaringa thompsonae (51413) Pilkipildra handae (51412) Pilkipildra handi (136534) Pilkipildra taylori (28194) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Djilgaringa sp. (183096) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Djilgaringa gillespiei (28420) | |
| Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Djilgaringa gillespiei (135647) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | Petauroidea indet. (68775) |