Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1

Diprotodontia Owen 1866

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Description

ORDER DIPROTODONTIA

SYNONYMS: Phalangeriformes.

COMMENTS: Recognized as an order by Aplin and Archer (1987) who proposed a new syncretic classification of the marsupials.

Notes

Published as part of Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Diprotodontia, pp. 45-62 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353075

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Owen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Diprotodontia
Taxon rank
order
Taxonomic concept label
Diprotodontia Owen, 1866 sec. Groves, 1993

References

  • Aplin, K. P., and M. Archer. 1987. Recent advances in marsupial systematics with a new syncretic classification. Pp. xv-lxxii, in Possums and opossums: Studies in evolution (M. Archer, ed.). Surrey Beatty and Sons Pty. Ltd. and Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Sydney, 1: 1 - 400.