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Balbaridae

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Balbaridae

Taxonomy
Balbaridae was named by Cooke and Kear (1999).

It was assigned to Macropodoidea by Kear et al. (2007); and to Macropodiformes by Black et al. (2014).

Subtaxa
Entered
by A. Garcia Selles (authorized by J. Alroy) on 2012-10-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Balbaridae Cooke and Kear
2007Balbaridae Kear et al.
2014Balbaridae Black et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoidea
familyBalbaridaeCooke and Kear 1999
familyBalbaridaeCooke and Kear 1999

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Balbaridae Cooke and Kear 1999
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G. †Nambaroo Flannery and Rich 1986
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†Nambaroo bullockensis Schwartz and Megirian 2004
†Nambaroo couperi Cooke 1997
†Nambaroo gillispieae Kear et al. 2007
†Nambaroo novus Flannery and Rich 1986
†Nambaroo saltavus Flannery and Rich 1986
†Nambaroo tarrinyeri Flannery and Rich 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (South Australia) Nambaroo tarrinyeri (181814)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Queensland) Nambaroo gillespieae (182149)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Australia (Queensland) Nambaroo sp. (183096)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Northern Territory) Nambaroo bullockensis (13314 92839 106503)