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Hypsiprymnodontidae

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy
Hypsiprymnodontinae was named by Collett (1887). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Hypsiprymnodontidae by Pocock (1921) and Prideaux (2004); it was reranked as the family Hypsiprymnodontidae by Bates et al. (2014).

It was assigned to Phalangeroidea by Pocock (1921); to Potoroidae by Flannery and Archer (1984) and Flannery and Archer (1987); and to Macropodoidea by Prideaux (2004) and Bates et al. (2014).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Hypsiprymnodontinae Collett
1921Hypsiprymnodontidae Pocock p. 607
1984Hypsiprymnodontinae Flannery and Archer
1987Hypsiprymnodontinae Flannery and Archer
2004Hypsiprymnodontidae Prideaux
2014Hypsiprymnodontidae Bates et al.

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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
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
subfamilyHypsiprymnodontidae(Collett 1887)
subfamilyHypsiprymnodontidae(Collett 1887)

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.

Subfm. Hypsiprymnodontidae Collett 1887
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G. Hypsiprymnodon Ramsay 1876 [musky rat-kangaroo]
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Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii Flannery and Archer 1987
Hypsiprymnodon dennisi Bates et al. 2014
Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae Bates et al. 2014
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay 1876 [musky rat-kangaroo]
Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri Bates et al. 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available