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Simosthenurus brachyselenis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8555639https://www.gbif.org/species/8555639
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)248593https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=248593
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Macropodidae : Simosthenurus : Simosthenurus brachyselenis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Simosthenurus : Simosthenurus brachyselenis
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
tribeSimosthenuriniPrideaux 2004
genusSimosthenurusTedford 1966
speciesSimosthenurus brachyselenisPrideaux & Wells 1997
Generic NameSimosthenurus
Scientific NameSimosthenurus brachyselenis Prideaux & Wells, 1997
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Simosthenurus brachyselenisspeciesbelongs to Simosthenurusstated with evidencePrideaux and Wells, 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.01 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)G. J. Prideaux. 2004. Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos. In S. W. Awramik, A. Barnosky, J. A. Doyle, M. L. Droser, P. M. Sadler (eds.), UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146:1-623

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1997Simosthenurus brachyselenis Prideaux and Wells

References

Prideaux G. J. (2004) Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos, UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146, 1-623
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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