Macropodiformes

Macropus giganteus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Macropodiformes

‎Classis: Mammalia
Cohors: Marsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Macropodiformes
Familiae: Hypsiprymnodontidae – Macropodidae – Potoroidae – †Balbaridae

Name

Macropodiformes Ameghino, 1889: 894 ["Macropoda"]

References

Primary references

• Ameghino, F. 1889. Contribucion al conocimiento de los mamiferos fosiles de la República Argentina. Actas de la Academia nacional de ciencias de la República Argentina en Cordoba 6: 1–1027, 98 plates. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.121288 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kear, B.P., Cooke, B.N., Archer, M. & Flannery, T.F. 2007. Implications of a new species of the Oligo-Miocene kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) Nambaroo, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia. Journal of Paleontology 81: 1147–1167. DOI: 10.1666/04-218.1
• Meredith, R.W., Westerman, M. & Springer, M.S. 2009. A phylogeny and timescale for the living genera of kangaroos and kin (Macropodiformes: Marsupialia) based on nuclear DNA sequences. Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 395–410. DOI: 10.1071/ZO08044

Links

• Macropodiformes in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

English: Kangaroos
français: Kangourous
日本語: カンガルー形亜目
polski: kangurokształtne
Türkçe: Kangurumsular

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