Macropus pearsoni
Macropus pearsoni Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Diprotodontia |
Family: | Macropodidae |
Genus: | Macropus |
Species: | †M. pearsoni
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Binomial name | |
†Macropus pearsoni (Bartholomai, 1971)[1]
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Synonyms | |
Fissuridon pearsoni |
Macropus pearsoni is an extinct Australian vertebrate species belonging to the family Macropodidae, and is in the same genus (Macropus) as extant kangaroos. M. pearsoni lived during the Pleistocene. It is known from fossil mandibles collected from Pleistocene beds from the Darling Downs in New South Wales, Lake Kanunka in northeastern South Australia, and the Cape York Peninsula.[2]
References[]
- ^ Bartholomai, Alan (1973). "Fissuridon pearsoni, a new fossil macropodid (Marsupialia) from Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 16 (3): 365–368.
- ^ Australian Mammal Society (1982). Australian Mammal Society. Australian Mammal Society. p. 264.
Categories:
- Prehistoric macropods
- Prehistoric mammals of Australia
- Pleistocene marsupials
- Fossil taxa described in 1971
- Prehistoric marsupial stubs