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Neohelos

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Diprotodontidae

Taxonomy
Neohelos was named by Stirton (1967). It is not extant. Its type is Neohelos tirarensis.

It was assigned to Zygomaturinae by Hand et al. (1993); and to Diprotodontidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Neohelos Stirton
1993Neohelos Hand et al.
1997Neohelos 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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
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
subfamilyZygomaturinaeStirton et al. 1967
genusNeohelosStirton 1967

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. †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
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: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) N. tirarensis (183096)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (South Australia) N. tirarensis (182036)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Australia (Queensland) N. sp. (68775)