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Suborder of marsupials

Macropodiformes
Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Recent
Red-necked wallaby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. Kangaroos, wallabies and allies, bettongs, potoroos and rat kangaroos are all members of this suborder.

Classification

References

  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. "Phalangeriformes". Mikos Taxonomy.
  4. Bates, H.; Travouillon, K.J.; Cooke, B.; Beck, R.M.D.; Hand, S.J.; Archer, M. (2014). "Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (2): 383–396. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.812098. JSTOR 24523233. S2CID 86139768.
  5. Kear, P.; Pledge, S. (2007). "A new fossil kangaroo from the Oligocene-Miocene Etadunna Formation of Ngama Quarry, Lake Palankarinna, South Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 55 (6): 331–9. doi:10.1071/ZO08002.
  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.
Phalangerida
Phalangerida
Phalangerida
Pilkipildridae
Phalangeroidea
Burramyidae
Ektopodontidae
Phalangeridae
Petauroidea
Acrobatidae
Petauridae
Pseudocheiridae
Macropodiformes
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Trichosurus vulpecula Petaurus breviceps
Macropodiformes
Macropodiformes
Hypsiprymnodontidae
Balbaridae
Potoroidae
Macropodidae
Lagostrophinae
Sthenurinae
Macropodinae
Ekaltadeta ima Dorcopsis luctuosa
Extant Diprotodontia species
Suborder Vombatiformes
Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos
Vombatidae
(wombats)
Vombatus
Lasiorhinus
Suborder Phalangeriformes (possums)
Phalangeridae
(including cuscuses)
Ailurops
(bear cuscuses)
Phalanger
Spilocuscus
Strigocuscus
Trichosurus
(brushtail possums)
Wyulda
Burramyidae
(pygmy possums)
Burramys
Cercartetus
Tarsipedidae
Tarsipes
Petauridae
Dactylopsila
Gymnobelideus
Petaurus
Pseudocheiridae
Hemibelideus
Petauroides
(greater gliders)
Petropseudes
Pseudocheirus
Pseudochirulus
Pseudochirops
Acrobatidae
Acrobates
Distoechurus
Suborder Macropodiformes
Macropodidae
(includes wallabies)
Lagostrophus
Dendrolagus
(tree-kangaroos)
Dorcopsis
Dorcopsulus
Lagorchestes
(hare-wallabies)
Macropus
Notamacropus
Onychogalea
(nail-tail wallabies)
Osphranter
Petrogale
(rock-wallabies)
Setonix
Thylogale
(pademelons)
Wallabia
Potoroidae
Aepyprymnus
Bettongia
(bettongs)
Potorous
(potoroos)
Hypsiprymnodontidae
Hypsiprymnodon
Taxon identifiers
Macropodiformes
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