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Potoroidae
Description | Potoroidae is a family of marsupials, small Australian animals known as bettongs, potoroos, and rat-kangaroos. All are rabbit-sized, brown, jumping marsupials and resemble a large rodent or a very small wallaby. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoroidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Potoroidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scientific Name | Potoroidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | London Med. Repos. vol.15 p.308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Rat-kangaroos, Bettongs, Rat Kangaroos, Potoroos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoroidae |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Aepyprymnus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Rufous Rat-kangaroo | 10 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Bettongia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Bettong | 43 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Borungaboodie ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Caloprymnus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Desert Rat-kangaroo | 3 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Ganguroo ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Potorous genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Potoroo | 24 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Potoroinae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Potoroinae |
References
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
CoL2006/ITIS - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
CoL2006/ITIS, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
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!