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Tjukuru

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Tjukuru was named by Prideaux and Tedford (2012). Its type is Tjukuru wellsi.

It was assigned to Lagostrophinae by Prideaux and Tedford (2012).

Species
T. wellsi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Tjukuru Prideaux and Tedford p. 717

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyLagostrophinaePrideaux and Warburton 2010
genusTjukuru

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.

G. †Tjukuru Prideaux and Tedford 2012
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†Tjukuru wellsi Prideaux and Tedford 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:34:32
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (South Australia) T. wellsi (135761)