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Diprotodon

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae

Taxonomy
Diprotodon was named by Owen (1838). It is not extant. Its type is Diprotodon optatum.

It was assigned to Diprotodontidae by Lydekker (1894), Pocock (1921) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Diprotodon Owen
1894Diprotodon Lydekker p. 261
1921Diprotodon Pocock p. 606
1997Diprotodon 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
suborderVombatiformesBurnett 1830
infraorderVombatomorphiaAlpin and Archer 1987
superfamilyDiprotodontoideaOwen 1866
familyDiprotodontidaeGill 1872
genusDiprotodonOwen 1838

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.

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]
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: 2016-09-04 20:58:56
Modified: 2016-09-04 20:58:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Tedford and Wells 1990, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) D. opatum (183097)
Miocene - Holocene23.03 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) D. optatum (182835)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Australia (Queensland) D. sp. (13318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) D. sp. (182842)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) D. australis, D. optatum (136725)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) D. optatum (181784)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) D. sp. (135917)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (New South Wales) D. sp. (136155)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia ( New South Wales) D. optatum (182621)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) D. optatum (28298 136076) D. sp. (135981 136151 136765 137629 137630 182820)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) D. annextans, D. longiceps (137628) D. optatum, D. longiceps (70580) D. sp. (70581 136735 137634 137635) D. sp., D. longiceps (70582)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) D. australis (138403 188748) D. sp. (135912 136724 137631 137632 137633 137636 137637 137639 137640 137642 137643 137644 137646)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) D. bennettii (137655) Diprotodon indet. (182965) D. loderi (137654) D. optatum (96019 181761) D. sp. (96015 137625 137627 137647 137648 137649 137650 137651)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) D. optatum (181307)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) D. sp. (182110)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) D. sp. (136515)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) D. optatum (194845) D. sp. (136726)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) D. sp. (92836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) D. sp. (137624 137626 182001)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) D. optatum (143748 210195 210197) D. optatus (95863) D. sp. (28422)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) D. sp. (137623)