Hypsiprymnodontidae
| Hypsiprymnodontidae Temporal range: Oligocene–Pleistocene | |
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| Hypsiprymnodon moschatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Macropodiformes |
| Family: | Hypsiprymnodontidae Collett, 1877 |
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The Hypsiprymnodontidae /ˌhɪpsɨˌprɪmnɵˈdɒnʃɨdiː/ are a family of macropods, one of two families containing animals commonly referred to as rat-kangaroos. The single known extant genus and species in this family, the musky rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, occurs in northern Australia. During the Pleistocene, this family included the megafauna genus propleopus.
Classification
- Family Hypsiprymnodontidae[1]
- Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae
- Genus Hypsiprymnodon
- Musky rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
- †Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii
- †Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri
- †Hypsiprymnodon dennisi
- †Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae
- Genus Hypsiprymnodon
- Subfamily †Propleopinae
- Genus †Ekaltadeta
- †Ekaltadeta ima
- †Ekaltadeta jamiemulveneyi
- Genus †Propleopus
- †Propleopus oscillans
- †Propleopus chillagoensis
- †Propleopus wellingtonensis
- Genus †Jackmahoneyi
- †Jackmahoneyi toxoniensis
- Genus †Ekaltadeta
- Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae
- Family Hypsiprymnodontidae[1]
References
- ↑ 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.