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Procoptodon

Description

Procoptodon is an extinct genus of giant short-faced kangaroos that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. P. goliah, the largest-known kangaroo that ever existed, stood about 2 m (6.6 ft). They weighed about 200–240 kg (440–530 lb). Other members of the genus are smaller, however; Procoptodon gilli is the smallest of all of the sthenurine kangaroos, standing approximately 1 m (3 ft 3 in) tall.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4826148https://www.gbif.org/species/4826148
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)40161https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40161
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Macropodidae : Procoptodon
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Procoptodon
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Theriamorpha
-Theriiformes
-TrechnotheriaMcKenna 1975
-CladotheriaMcKenna 1975
-Boreosphenida
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
subclassMetatheria
-Marsupialia
-AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoideaGray 1821
subfamilySthenurinaeGlauert 1926
genusProcoptodonOwen 1874
Scientific NameProcoptodon Owen, 1874
Name Published InPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 164: 786
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Procoptodongenusbelongs to Macropodidaestated with evidenceOwen, 1874
Procoptodongenusbelongs to MacropodidaeimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Procoptodongenusbelongs to Sthenurinaestated with evidencePrideaux, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)9
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 0.78 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Marsupialia)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Owen. 1874. On the Fossil Mammals of Australia. Part IX. Family Macropodidae; Genera Macropus, Pachysiagon, Leptosiagon, Procoptodon, and Palorchestes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 164:783-803
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procoptodon

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Procoptodon browneorum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
392.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Procoptodon gilli
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
322.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Procoptodon mccoyi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
12.59 Ma
Pleistocene
2.59 Ma
Pleistocene
Procoptodon oreas
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
55.33 Ma
Miocene
0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Procoptodon otuel
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Procoptodon pusio
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
145.33 Ma
Miocene
2.59 Ma
Pleistocene
Procoptodon rapha
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
255.33 Ma
Miocene
0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Procoptodon williamsi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
32.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0.13 Ma
Pleistocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1874Procoptodon Owen
1997Procoptodon McKenna and Bell
2004Procoptodon Prideaux

References

Owen R. On the Fossil Mammals of Australia. Part IX. Family Macropodidae; Genera Macropus, Pachysiagon, Leptosiagon, Procoptodon, and Palorchestes, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 164, 783-803
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Prideaux G. J. (2004) Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos, UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146, 1-623
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Proc. Roy. Soc., London, 21 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per synonymized taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Phil. Trans., 164 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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