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Potoroinae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)234464https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=234464
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Potoroinae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Theriamorpha
-Theriiformes
-TrechnotheriaMcKenna 1975
-CladotheriaMcKenna 1975
-Boreosphenida
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
subclassMetatheria
-Marsupialia
-AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoideaGray 1821
familyPotoroinaeGray 1821
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Potoroinaefamilybelongs to Macropodidaestated with evidencePocock, 1921
Potoroinaefamilybelongs to Macropodoideastated without evidenceFlannery et al., 1982
Potoroinaefamilybelongs to DiprotodontiaimpliedNowak, 1991
Potoroinaefamilybelongs to Macropodidaestated with evidenceBurk et al., 1998
Potoroinaefamilybelongs to Macropodoideastated with evidencePrideaux, 2004
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)25
Extant Size (PBDB)11 (44%)
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore, insectivore (based on Potoroinae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bettongini
tribe
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant
Potoroini
tribe
listed (PBDB)
Aepyprymnus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Rufous Rat-kangaroo1023.0 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Bettongia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Bettong432.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Borungaboodie
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Caloprymnus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Desert Rat-kangaroo32.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
Gumardee
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
116.0 Ma
Miocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene
Milliyowi
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
15.33 Ma
Miocene
5.33 Ma
Miocene
Palaeopotorous
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Potorous
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Potoroo245.33 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Wakiewakie
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
228.4 Ma
Oligocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1821Potoridae Gray p. 308
1921Potoroinae Pocock p. 607
1982Potoroidae Flannery et al. p. 288
1987Potoroidae Flannery and Archer
1991Potoroidae Nowak
1998Potoroinae Burk et al. p. 457
2004Potoroinae Prideaux

References

Gray J. E. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals, The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15, 296-310
Pocock R. I. (1921) The External Characters of the Koala (Phascolarctos) and some related Marsupials, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 91 3, 591-607 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1921.tb03283.x
Flannery T. F., Archer M., et al (1982) Middle Miocene kangaroos (Macropodoidea: Marsupialia) from three localities In Northern Australia, with a description of two new subfamilies, BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics 7 4, 287-302
Flannery T., Archer M. (1987) Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii (Potoroidae: Marsupialia), a new species from the Miocene Dwornamor Local Fauna and a reassessment of the phylogenetic position of H. mochatus, Possums and Opossums: Studies in Evolution 2, 749-758
Nowak R. M. (1991) Walker's Mammals of the World, Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II
Burk A., Westerman M., et al (1998) The phylogenetic position of the musky rat-kangaroo and the evolution of bipedal hopping in kangaroos (Macropodidae: Diprotodontia), Systematic Biology 47 3, 457-474
Prideaux G. J. (2004) Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos, UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146, 1-623
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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