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

Hypsiprymnodontidae

Macropodidae

Potoroidae

}}

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

{{cite web |url=http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/metatheria/notometatheria/diprotodontia/phalangeriformes.html |title=Phalangeriformes |work=Mikos Taxonomy}}

References

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Category:Diprotodonts

Category:Extant Chattian first appearances