Macropodiformes

Macropodiformes; Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Recent
	Red-necked wallaby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Suborder:	Macropodiformes; Ameghino, 1889
Families
	†Balbaridae; Hypsiprymnodontidae; Macropodidae; Potoroidae

The Macropodiformes /mækroʊˈpɒdɪfɔːrmiːz/, also known as macropods, are one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. They may in fact be nested within one of the suborders, Phalangeriformes.^[2] Kangaroos, wallabies and allies, bettongs, potoroos and rat kangaroos are all members of this suborder.

Classification[]

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Superfamily Macropodoidea
- Family †Balbaridae: (basal quadrupedal kangaroos)
  - Genus †Galanarla
  - Genus †Nambaroo
  - Genus †
  - Genus †Ganawamaya
  - Genus †Balbaroo
- Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: (musky rat-kangaroo)^[4]
  - Subfamily
    - Genus Hypsiprymnodon
      - Musky rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
      - †
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      - †Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae
  - Subfamily †
    - Genus †Ekaltadeta
      - †Ekaltadeta ima
      - †
    - Genus †Propleopus
      - †Propleopus oscillans
      - †Propleopus chillagoensis
      - †
    - Genus †
      - †
- Family Potoroidae: (bettongs, potoroos, and rat-kangaroos)
  - Genus †
  - Genus †
  - Genus ?†Palaeopotorous
  - Genus †
  - Genus †
  - Genus †^[5]
  - Subfamily Potoroinae
    - Genus Aepyprymnus
      - Rufous rat-kangaroo, Aepyprymnus rufescens
    - Genus Bettongia
      - Eastern bettong, Bettongia gaimardi
      - Boodie, Bettongia lesueur
      - Woylie, Bettongia penicillata
      - Northern bettong, Bettongia tropica
      - †Bettongia moyesi
    - Genus †Caloprymnus
      - †Desert rat-kangaroo, Caloprymnus campestris
    - Genus Potorous
      - Long-footed potoroo, Potorous longipes
      - †Broad-faced potoroo, Potorous platyops
      - Long-nosed potoroo, Potorous tridactylus
      - Gilbert's potoroo, Potorous gilbertii
- Family Macropodidae: (kangaroos, wallabies and allies) ^[6]
  - Genus †
  - Genus †
  - Genus †Ganguroo
  - Genus †Cookeroo
  - Genus †Watutia
- Subfamily
  - Genus Lagostrophus
    - Banded hare-wallaby, Lagostrophus fasciatus
  - Genus †
- Subfamily Sthenurinae
  - Genus †
  - Genus †
  - Genus †Hadronomas
  - Tribe †
    - Genus †Sthenurus
    - Genus †
  - Genus †
  - Tribe †
    - Genus †
    - Genus †Simosthenurus
    - Genus †Procoptodon
- Subfamily Macropodinae
  - Genus †Dorcopsoides
  - Genus †
  - Genus †
  - Genus †
  - Genus †Protemnodon
  - Genus †
  - Genus †Bohra
  - Genus †
  - Genus †
  - Genus †Silvaroo
  - Genus Dendrolagus: tree-kangaroos
  - Genus Dorcopsis: forest wallabies
  - Genus Dorcopsulus
  - Genus Lagorchestes: hare-wallabies
  - Genus Macropus
  - Genus Onychogalea
  - Genus Petrogale: rock-wallabies
  - Genus Setonix
  - Genus Thylogale
  - Genus Wallabia

References[]

^ The Paleobiology Database
^ Eldridge, Mark D B; Beck, Robin M D; Croft, Darin A; Travouillon, Kenny J; Fox, Barry J (2019-05-23). "An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria)". Journal of Mammalogy. 100 (3): 802–837. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz018. ISSN 0022-2372.
^ Mikos Taxonomy
^ Bates, H., Travouillon, K.J., Cooke, B., Beck, R. M. D., Hand, S. J., and Archer, M., 2014. Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 383-396.
^ Kear. P., Pledge, S., A new fossil kangaroo from the Oligocene-Miocene Etadunna Formation of Ngama Quarry, Lake Palankarinna, South Australia., Australian Journal of Zoology, 2007, 55, 331-339
^ Prideaux, GJ; Warburton, NM (2010). "An osteology-based appraisal of the phylogeny and evolution of kangaroos and wallabies (Macropodidae: Marsupialia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 159 (4): 954–87. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00607.x.

[paleo-1] The Paleobiology Database

[2] Eldridge, Mark D B; Beck, Robin M D; Croft, Darin A; Travouillon, Kenny J; Fox, Barry J (2019-05-23). "An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria)". Journal of Mammalogy. 100 (3): 802–837. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz018. ISSN 0022-2372.

[3] Mikos Taxonomy

[4] Bates, H., Travouillon, K.J., Cooke, B., Beck, R. M. D., Hand, S. J., and Archer, M., 2014. Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 383-396.

[5] Kear. P., Pledge, S., A new fossil kangaroo from the Oligocene-Miocene Etadunna Formation of Ngama Quarry, Lake Palankarinna, South Australia., Australian Journal of Zoology, 2007, 55, 331-339

[Prideaux2010-6] Prideaux, GJ; Warburton, NM (2010). "An osteology-based appraisal of the phylogeny and evolution of kangaroos and wallabies (Macropodidae: Marsupialia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 159 (4): 954–87. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00607.x.

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