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Palorchestidae
Taxonomy
Palorchestidae was named by Tate (1948). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Vombatoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Vombatoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1948 | Palorchestidae Tate |
| 1997 | Palorchestidae McKenna and Bell |
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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. †Palorchestidae Tate 1948
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G. †Ngapakaldia Stirton 1967
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†Ngapakaldia bonythoni Stirton 1967
†Ngapakaldia tedfordi Stirton 1967
G. †Palorchestes Owen 1874
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†Palorchestes anulus Black 1997
†Palorchestes azael Owen 1874
†Palorchestes painei Woodburne 1967
†Palorchestes parvus De Vis 1895
†Palorchestes pickeringi Piper 2006
†Palorchestes selestiae Mackness 1995
G. †Propalorchestes Murray 1986
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†Propalorchestes novaculacephalus Murray 1986
†Propalorchestes ponticulus Murray 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (30 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chattian | Australia (Queensland) | Ngapakaldia bonythoni (134945 135706) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (South Australia) | Ngapakaldia bonythoni (136799) Ngapakaldia tedfordi (181995) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Palorchestes azael (181316) | |
| Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Ngapakaldia bonythoni (134946) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Propalorchestes sp. (236492) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes anulus (182096) Palorchestes sp., Palorchestes anulus (68775) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Palorchestidae indet. (70556) Palorchestidae indet., Palorchestes sp. (51328) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Palorchestes sp. (95862) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes sp. (182916) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | Australia (Victoria) | Palorchestidae indet. (70576) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Palorchestes parvus (236493) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Palorchestes parvus, Palorchestes pickeringi (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Palorchestes azael, Palorchestes parvus (136474) Palorchestidae indet., Palorchestes sp. (70579) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes azael (144179) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Palorchestes azael (136073) Palorchestes painei (135983) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Palorchestes azeal (96019) | |
| Chibanian | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes sp. (144585) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes azael, Palorchestes parvus (136730) Palorchestidae indet. (183080) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Palorchestes azael (182001 236496) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Palorchestes sp. nov? (210195) Varanidae indet. (143748) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Palorchestes azael (182960) |