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Macropodidae (kangaroo)
Taxonomy
Macropodidae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant. Its type is Macropodinae.
It was assigned to Brutae by Gray (1821); to Marsupialia by Flower (1883); to Diprotodontia by Cope (1889); to Diprotodontia by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Marsupialia by Lydekker (1894); to Diprotodontia by Nowak (1991); to Phalangeriformes by Springer et al. (1994); to Phalangeroidea by Pocock (1921) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodoidea by Munemasa et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Brutae by Gray (1821); to Marsupialia by Flower (1883); to Diprotodontia by Cope (1889); to Diprotodontia by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Marsupialia by Lydekker (1894); to Diprotodontia by Nowak (1991); to Phalangeriformes by Springer et al. (1994); to Phalangeroidea by Pocock (1921) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodoidea by Munemasa et al. (2006).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Macropidae Gray p. 307 |
| 1821 | Macropodidae Gray p. 308 |
| 1883 | Macropodidae Flower p. 184 |
| 1889 | Macropodidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Macropodidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
| 1894 | Macropodidae Lydekker p. 251 |
| 1921 | Macropodidae Pocock p. 607 |
| 1991 | Macropodidae Nowak |
| 1994 | Macropodidae Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Macropodidae McKenna and Bell |
| 2001 | Nambarinae Kear and Cooke |
| 2006 | Macropodidae Munemasa et al. p. 189 |
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