macropodiformes
{{Short description|Suborder of marsupials}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Late Oligocene - Recent[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40140 The Paleobiology Database]
| image = smallwallaby.jpg
| image_caption = Red-necked wallaby
| taxon = Macropodiformes
| authority = Ameghino, 1889
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision =
{{extinct}}Balbaridae
}}
The Macropodiformes {{IPAc-en|m|ae|k|r|ou|ˈ|p|Q|d|ᵻ|f|ɔr|m|iː|z}}, 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.{{Cite journal|last1=Eldridge|first1=Mark D B|last2=Beck|first2=Robin M D|last3=Croft|first3=Darin A|last4=Travouillon|first4=Kenny J|last5=Fox|first5=Barry J|date=2019-05-23|title=An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria)|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz018|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=100|issue=3|pages=802–837|doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyz018|issn=0022-2372}} Kangaroos, wallabies and allies, bettongs, potoroos and rat kangaroos are all members of this suborder.
Classification
- Superfamily Macropodoidea
- Family †Balbaridae: (basal quadrupedal kangaroos)
- Genus †Galanarla
- Genus †Nambaroo
- Genus †Wururoo
- Genus †Ganawamaya
- Genus †Balbaroo
- Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: (musky rat-kangaroo){{cite journal |last1=Bates |first1=H. |last2=Travouillon |first2=K.J. |last3=Cooke |first3=B. |last4=Beck |first4=R.M.D. |last5=Hand |first5=S.J. |last6=Archer |first6=M. |title=Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=383–396 |date=2014 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.812098 |jstor=24523233|s2cid=86139768 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/963517 }}
- Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae
- Genus Hypsiprymnodon
- Musky rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
- †Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii
- †Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri
- †Hypsiprymnodon dennisi
- †Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae
- Subfamily †Propleopinae
- Genus †Ekaltadeta
- †Ekaltadeta ima
- †Ekaltadeta jamiemulveneyi
- Genus †Propleopus
- †Propleopus oscillans
- †Propleopus chillagoensis
- †Propleopus wellingtonensis
- Genus †Jackmahoneyi
- †Jackmahoneyi toxoniensis
- Family Potoroidae: (bettongs, potoroos, and rat-kangaroos)
- Genus {{extinct}}Wakiewakie
- Genus {{extinct}}Purtia
- Genus ?†Palaeopotorous
- Genus †Gumardee
- Genus †Milliyowi
- Genus †Ngamaroo{{cite journal |last1=Kear |first1=P. |last2=Pledge |first2=S. |title=A new fossil kangaroo from the Oligocene-Miocene Etadunna Formation of Ngama Quarry, Lake Palankarinna, South Australia |journal=Australian Journal of Zoology |volume=55 |issue=6 |pages=331–9 |date=2007 |doi=10.1071/ZO08002 |url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/ZO/ZO08002|doi-access=free }}
- 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) {{cite journal|last1=Prideaux|first1=GJ|last2=Warburton|first2=NM|title=An osteology-based appraisal of the phylogeny and evolution of kangaroos and wallabies (Macropodidae: Marsupialia)|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=159|issue=4|pages=954–87|year=2010|doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00607.x|doi-access=free}}
- Genus †Wabularoo
- Genus †Bulungamaya
- Genus {{extinct}}Ganguroo
- Genus {{extinct}}Cookeroo
- Genus †Watutia
- Subfamily Lagostrophinae
- Genus Lagostrophus
- Banded hare-wallaby, Lagostrophus fasciatus
- Genus †Troposodon
- Subfamily †Sthenurinae
- Genus †Wanburoo
- Genus †Rhizosthenurus
- Genus {{extinct}}Hadronomas
- Tribe {{extinct}}Sthenurini
- Genus †Sthenurus
- Genus {{extinct}}Eosthenurus
- Genus {{extinct}}Metasthenurus
- Tribe {{extinct}}Simosthenurini
- Genus {{extinct}}Archaeosimos
- Genus {{extinct}}Simosthenurus
- Genus †Procoptodon
- Subfamily Macropodinae
- Genus †Dorcopsoides
- Genus †Kurrabi
- Genus †Prionotemnus
- Genus †Congruus
- Genus {{extinct}}Protemnodon
- Genus †Baringa
- Genus †Bohra
- Genus †Synaptodon
- Genus †Fissuridon
- 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
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