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Diprotodontidae
Taxonomy
Diprotodontidae was named by Gill (1872). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Lydekker (1894); to Diprotodontia by Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Gadow (1898); to Phascolomyoidea by Pocock (1921); to Diprotodonta by Marshall (1974); to Vombatoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Vombatomorphia by Mackness et al. (2015); and to Diprotodontoidea by Beck et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Lydekker (1894); to Diprotodontia by Cope (1889), Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Gadow (1898); to Phascolomyoidea by Pocock (1921); to Diprotodonta by Marshall (1974); to Vombatoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Vombatomorphia by Mackness et al. (2015); and to Diprotodontoidea by Beck et al. (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Diprotodontidae Gill |
| 1883 | Chronozoon De Vis |
| 1883 | Chronozoon australae De Vis |
| 1885 | Chronozoon australe Woodward p. 424 |
| 1889 | Diprotodontidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Diprotodontidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
| 1894 | Diprotodontidae Lydekker p. 261 |
| 1898 | Diprotodontidae Gadow p. 41 |
| 1898 | Chronozoon Trouessart p. 1006 |
| 1904 | Chronozoon Trouessart p. 751 |
| 1904 | Chronozoon australe Trouessart p. 751 |
| 1921 | Diprotodontidae Pocock p. 606 |
| 1974 | Diprotodontidae Marshall p. 66 |
| 1997 | Diprotodontidae McKenna and Bell |
| 2015 | Diprotodontidae Mackness et al. p. 165 |
| 2020 | Diprotodontidae Beck et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Diprotodontidae Gill 1872
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G. †Brachalletes De Vis 1883
G. †Diprotodon Owen 1838
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†Diprotodon optatum Owen 1838
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Invalid names: Diprotodon annextans McCoy 1861 [synonym], Diprotodon australis Owen 1844 [synonym], Diprotodon bennettii Krefft 1873 [synonym], Diprotodon loderi Krefft 1873 [synonym], Diprotodon longiceps McCoy 1865 [synonym], Diprotodon minor Huxley 1862 [synonym]
G. †Euryzygoma Longman 1921
G. †Koalemus De Vis 1889
G. †Kolopsis Woodburne 1967
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†Kolopsis rotundus Plane 1967
†Kolopsis torus Woodburne 1967
†Kolopsis yperus Murray et al. 1993
G. †Meniscolophus Stirton 1955
G. †Nototherium Owen 1845
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†Nototherium dunense De Vis 1888
†Nototherium mitchelli Owen 1845
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Invalid names: Nototherium inerme Owen 1845 [synonym], Nototherium victoriae Owen 1872 [synonym]
†Nototherium tasmanicus Scott 1911
†Nototherium victoriae Owen 1872
†Nototherium watutense Anderson 1937
G. †Plaisiodon Woodburne 1967
G. †Sthenmerus De Vis 1883
Subfm. †Zygomaturinae Stirton et al. 1967
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G. †Neohelos Stirton 1967
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†Neohelos davidridei Black et al. 2013
†Neohelos solus Black et al. 2013
†Neohelos stirtoni Murray et al. 2000
†Neohelos tirarensis Stirton 1967
G. †Nimbadon Hand et al. 1993
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†Nimbadon lavarackorum Hand et al. 1993
†Nimbadon scottorrorum Hand et al. 1993
†Nimbadon whitelawi Hand et al. 1993
G. †Zygomaturus Owen 1858
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†Zygomaturus diahotensis Guerin et al. 1981
†Zygomaturus gilli Stirton 1967
†Zygomaturus keanei Stirton 1967
†Zygomaturus nimborensis Hardjasasmita 1985
†Zygomaturus trilobus Macleay 1857
Invalid names: Chronozoon De Vis 1883 [nomen dubium], Diprotodontinae Archer 1997 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (125 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Raemeotherium sp. (182109) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Queensland) | Nimbadon scottorrorum (137792) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Diprotodontidae indet. (182619) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Diprotodontidae indet. (182913) Raemeotherium yatkolai (45652 51412) | |
| Chattian | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet. (46166) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Neohelos tirarensis (183096) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet. (51330) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon opatum (183097) | |
| Miocene - Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodon optatum (182835) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Nimbadon lavarackorum (137790) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Bematherium sp., Zygomaturinae indet. (182955) Nimbadon lavarackorum (53951) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | Neohelos tirarensis (182036) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Nimbadon whitelawi (137791) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | Neohelos sp. (68775) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Kolopsis yperus (135707) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet. (182910) | |
| Messinian | Australia (Victoria) | Kolopsis torus, Zygomaturus gilli (46167) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | Australia (South Australia) | Zygomaturus sp. (50343) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon sp., Euowenia grata (13318) Euowenia grata (183264) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (South Australia) | Diprotodontidae indet., Meniscolophus sp. (182915) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (South Australia) | Euowenia grata (136514) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodontidae indet., Euryzygoma sp., Zygomaturus sp. (182159) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet. (70556) Diprotodontidae indet., Zygomaturinae indet. (51328) Zygomaturus sp. (70559) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodontidae indet. (138404) Euowenia grata (183100) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon sp. (182842) Euowenia grata (135663) Euryzygoma dunense, Euowenia sp. (182916) Zygomaturus sp. (95862) | |
| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet., Zygomaturus sp. (70572) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon australis, Diprotodon optatum (136725) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea (Morobe) | Nototherium watutense (137781) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Diprotodon optatum (181784) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon sp. (135917) Kukaodonta robusta (135668) | |
| Pliocene - Quaternary | New Caledonia | Zygomaturus diahotensis (137793) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Papua New Guinea (Morobe) | Kolopsis rotundus, Kolopsoides cultridens (36266) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Zygomaturus sp. (182150) | |
| Piacenzian | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet. (70578) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodontidae indet. (182843) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Zygomaturus sp. (182151) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodontidae indet. (70576) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon sp. (136155) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Zygomaturus sp., Diprotodon optatum (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon bennettii (137655) Diprotodon indet. (182965) Diprotodon loderi (137654) Diprotodon sp. (96015 137625 137627 137647 137648 137649 137650 137651) Diprotodontidae indet. (182108) Nototherium mitchelli, Diprotodon optatum (181761) Zygomaturus trilobus, Diprotodon optatum (96019) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Diprotodon sp. (135981 136151 136765 137629 137630 182820) Diprotodontidae indet. (135983) Zygomaturus trilobus (136159 181305) Zygomaturus trilobus, Diprotodon optatum (28298 136076) | |
| Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea (Irian Jaya) | Maokopia ronaldi (137789) Zygomaturus nimborensis (137787) | |
| Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea | Nototherium watutense (182923) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodon annextans, Diprotodon longiceps (137628) Diprotodon optatum, Diprotodon longiceps (70580) Diprotodon sp. (70581 136735 137634 137635) Diprotodontidae indet. (70579) Diprotodontidae indet., Diprotodon sp., Diprotodon longiceps (70582) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon australis (138403) Diprotodon sp. (135912 136724 137631 137632 137633 137636 137637 137639 137640 137642 137643 137644 137646) Euryzygoma dunense (138401) Euryzygoma dunense, Diprotodon australis (188748) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon optatum (181307) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Diprotodon sp. (182110) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon sp. (136726) Diprotodontidae indet. (183080) Euowenia sp., Diprotodon optatum (194845) Nototherium inerme, Zygomaturinae indet. (136730) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Diprotodon sp. (136515) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Zygomaturus trilobus (136075) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Diprotodontidae indet. (182002) Zygomaturus trilobus (182957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Zygomaturus trilobus (182960) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodon sp. (137624 137626) Diprotodon sp., Zygomaturus trilobus (182001) Diprotodontidae indet., Zygomaturus trilobus (197269) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Australia (Victoria) | Diprotodon sp. (92836) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon optatum (143748 210195 210197) Diprotodon optatus (95863) Diprotodon sp. (28422) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Zygomaturus trilobus (136172) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Diprotodon sp. (137623) |