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Macropus (Macropus)

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)162493https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=162493
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Macropodidae : Macropus : Macropus (Macropus)
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
familyMacropodidaeGray 1821
subfamilyMacropodinaeGray 1821
genusMacropusShaw 1790
subgenusMacropus (Macropus)Shaw 1790
Common Namekangaroo
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Macropus (Macropus)subgenusbelongs to Macropusstated with evidenceShaw, 1790
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (43%)
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Macropodidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Dawson and T. Flannery. 1985. Taxonomic and phylogenetic status of living and fossil kangaroos and wallabies of the genus Macropus Shaw (Macropodidae: Marsupialia), with a new subgeneric name for the larger wallabies. Australian Journal of Zoology 33(4):473-498

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Macropus (Macropus) ferragus
species
listed (PBDB)32.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus
species
listed (PBDB)Western Grey Kangaroo92.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Macropus (Macropus) giganteus
species
listed (PBDB)Eastern Grey Kangaroo253.60 Ma
Pliocene
0 Ma
Extant
Macropus (Macropus) mundjabus
species
listed (PBDB)13.60 Ma
Pliocene
3.60 Ma
Pliocene
Macropus (Macropus) pan
species
listed (PBDB)15.33 Ma
Miocene
5.33 Ma
Miocene
Macropus (Macropus) pearsoni
species
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1790Macropus (Macropus) Shaw
1874Macropus (Leptosaigon) Owen
1874Leptosaigon Owen p. 785
1971Fissuridon Bartholomai
1985Macropus (Macropus) Dawson and Flannery p. 481

References

Dawson L., Flannery T. (1985) Taxonomic and phylogenetic status of living and fossil kangaroos and wallabies of the genus Macropus Shaw (Macropodidae: Marsupialia), with a new subgeneric name for the larger wallabies, Australian Journal of Zoology 33 4, 473-498
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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