Macropus Shaw, 1790

Louys, Julien & Price, Gilbert J., 2015, The Chinchilla Local Fauna: An exceptionally rich and well-preserved Pliocene vertebrate assemblage from fluviatile deposits of south-eastern Queensland, Australia, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 (3), pp. 551-572 : 566

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.00042.2013
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scientific name	Macropus Shaw, 1790
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Genus Macropus Shaw, 1790 View in CoL

Type species: Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 , Cooktown, Queensland, Recent .

Macropus pan de Vis, 1895 Fig. 8P View Fig .

Material.— QM F2925 (holotype, partial right maxilla) probably from Chinchilla , Australia, Pliocene .

Remarks.— Bartholomai (1975) referred several specimens from Chinchilla to M. pan . Although the provenance of the material had not been noted before, Bartholomai (1975) suggested that the type specimen exhibits preservation consistent with other undoubted Chinchilla specimens.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Pliocene; eastern and northwestern Australia.

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Fig. 8. Macropodids from Chinchilla Sand, Australia, Pliocene. A. Simosthenurus antiquus (Bartholomai, 1963), QM F2975, partial left maxilla of probable Chinchilla provenance. B. Sthenurus andersoni Marcus, 1962, QM F814, unspecified locality near Chinchilla, left juvenile dentary. C. Macropus agilis siva (de Vis, 1895), QM F4733, unspecified locality near Chinchilla, right mandibular fragment. D. Sthenurus notabilis Bartholomai, 1963, QM F3817, Chinchilla Rifle Range, right mandibular ramus.E. Troposodon gurar Flannery andArcher,1983, QM F4609, unspecified locality near Chinchilla, right dentary of probable Chinchilla provenance. F. Protemnodon devisi Bartholomai, 1973, QM F4710, unspecified locality near Chinchilla, partial left mandibular ramus.G. Macropus dryas de Vis, 1895, QM F3582, partial right maxilla of probable Chinchilla provenance. H. Protemnodon chinchillaensis Bartholomai, 1973, QM F5246, unspecified locality near Chinchilla, partial right mandibular ramus. I. Bohra wilkinsonorum Dawson, 2004, QM F43277, Chinchilla Rifle Range, right maxillary fragment. J. Wallabia indra (de Vis, 1895), QM F3595, unspecified locality near Chinchilla, left mandibular ramus.K. Troposodon minor (Owen, 1877), QM F4389, Condamine River, “50 yards east of Chinchilla Rifle Range”, right maxillary fragment. L. Prionotemnus palankarinnicus Stirton, 1955, QM F3589, partial right mandibular ramus of probable Chinchilla provenance. M. Silvaroo bila Dawson, 2004, QM F43276, Chinchilla Rifle Range, left maxillary fragment.N. Silvaroo sp., QM F43281, Chinchilla Rifle Range, right mandibular ramus.O. Macropus woodsi Bartholomai, 1975, QM F5465, Chinchilla Rifle Range, partial left maxilla. P. Macropus pan de Vis, 1895, QM F2925, partial right maxilla of probable Chinchilla provenance. Scale bars 10 mm.