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Suborder of marsupials
The Macropodiformes , also known as macropods, are one of the three
suborders of the large
marsupial order
Diprotodontia. They may in fact be nested within one of the suborders,
Phalangeriformes.
[2]
Kangaroos,
wallabies and allies,
bettongs,
potoroos and
rat kangaroos are all members of this suborder.
Classification
[3]
References
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The Paleobiology Database
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^ Eldridge, Mark D B; Beck, Robin M D; Croft, Darin A; Travouillon, Kenny J; Fox, Barry J (2019-05-23).
"An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria)". Journal of Mammalogy. 100 (3): 802–837.
doi:
10.1093/jmammal/gyz018.
ISSN
0022-2372.
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"Phalangeriformes". Mikos Taxonomy.
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^ Bates, H.; Travouillon, K.J.; Cooke, B.; Beck, R.M.D.; Hand, S.J.; Archer, M. (2014).
"Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (2): 383–396.
doi:
10.1080/02724634.2013.812098.
JSTOR
24523233.
S2CID
86139768.
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^ Kear, P.; Pledge, S. (2007).
"A new fossil kangaroo from the Oligocene-Miocene Etadunna Formation of Ngama Quarry, Lake Palankarinna, South Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 55 (6): 331–9.
doi:
10.1071/ZO08002.
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^ Prideaux, GJ; Warburton, NM (2010).
"An osteology-based appraisal of the phylogeny and evolution of kangaroos and wallabies (Macropodidae: Marsupialia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 159 (4): 954–87.
doi:
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00607.x.