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Palorchestidae

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Palorchestidae

Taxonomy
Palorchestidae was named by Tate (1948). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Vombatoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Palorchestidae Tate
1997Palorchestidae 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
superfamilyVombatoideaIredole and Troughton 1934
familyPalorchestidaeTate 1948
familyPalorchestidaeTate 1948

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. †Palorchestidae Tate 1948
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G. †Ngapakaldia Stirton 1967
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†Ngapakaldia bonythoni Stirton 1967
†Ngapakaldia tedfordi Stirton 1967
G. †Palorchestes Owen 1874
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†Palorchestes anulus Black 1997
†Palorchestes azael Owen 1874
†Palorchestes painei Woodburne 1967
†Palorchestes parvus De Vis 1895
†Palorchestes selestiae Mackness 1995
G. †Pitikantia Stirton 1967
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†Pitikantia dailyi Stirton 1967
G. †Propalorchestes Murray 1986
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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 Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Ngapakaldia bonythoni (136799) Ngapakaldia tedfordi (181995)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Queensland) Ngapakaldia bonythoni (134945 135706)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) Palorchestes azael (181316)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Australia (Queensland) Ngapakaldia bonythoni (134946)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Australia (Queensland) Palorchestes anulus (182096) Palorchestes sp., Palorchestes anulus (68775)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Palorchestidae indet. (70556) Palorchestidae indet., Palorchestes sp. (51328)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (New South Wales) Palorchestes sp. (95862 182916)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Palorchestidae indet. (70576)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia ( New South Wales) Palorchestes parvus, Palorchestes pickeringi (182621)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Palorchestes azael (144179) Palorchestes sp. (144585)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Palorchestes azeal (96019)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Palorchestidae indet., Palorchestes sp. (70579)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Palorchestes azael (136073) Palorchestes painei (135983)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Palorchestes azael, Palorchestes parvus (136730) Palorchestidae indet. (183080)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Palorchestes azael (182001)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Tasmania) Palorchestes azael (182960)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Palorchestes sp. nov? (210195) Varanidae indet. (143748)