Synaptodon aevorum de Vis, 1888

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 : 564

Synaptodon aevorum de Vis, 1888

Fig. 6B .

Material.— QM F811 (holotype, right dentary fragment) from Chinchilla , Australia, Pliocene .

Remarks.—Both Bartholomai (1975) and Dawson and Flannery (1985) argued that the taxon is based on inadequate, poorly preserved and undiagnostic material. Dawson and Flannery (1985) suggested that it bears no characters that allow it to be referred to Macropus . We consider Synaptodon aevorum as a nomen dubium.

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Fig. 6. Mammal species of uncertain taxonomic identity from unspecified localities near Chinchilla, Australia, Pliocene. A. Koalemus ingens de Vis, 1889, QM F683, partial right fibula. B. Synaptodon aevorum de Vis, 1888, QM F811, right dentary fragment. C. Archizonurus securus de Vis, 1889, QM F682, proximal left scapula. D. Phalanger procuscus (de Vis, 1889), QM F687, right scapula. E. Chronozoon australe de Vis, 1883, QM F610, calvarium. F. Brachalletes palmeri de Vis, 1883, QM F3308, right femur. Scale bars 10 mm.