Biology:Macropus pearsoni
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Short description: Extinct species of marsupial
| Macropus pearsoni Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Genus: | Macropus |
| Species: | †M. pearsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Macropus pearsoni (Bartholomai, 1971)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Fissuridon pearsoni | |
Macropus pearsoni is an extinct Australia n vertebrate species belonging to the family Macropodidae, and is in the same genus (Macropus) as extant kangaroos. M. pearsoni lived during the Pleistocene. It is known from fossil mandibles collected from Pleistocene beds from the Darling Downs in New South Wales, Lake Kanunka in northeastern South Australia, and the Cape York Peninsula.[2] it reached a size similar to Macropus titan, which is a mass of 150 kg.[3]
References
- ↑ Bartholomai, Alan (1973). "Fissuridon pearsoni, a new fossil macropodid (Marsupialia) from Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16 (3): 365–368. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48809568.
- ↑ Australian Mammal Society (1982). Australian Mammal Society. Australian Mammal Society. p. 264. https://books.google.com/books?id=BOejkxvOGOoC&pg=PA264.
- ↑ Janis, Christine M.; Buttrill, Karalyn; Figueirido, Borja (15 October 2014). "Locomotion in Extinct Giant Kangaroos: Were Sthenurines Hop-Less Monsters?". PLOS ONE 9 (10): e109888. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109888. PMID 25333823. Bibcode: 2014PLoSO...9j9888J.
Wikidata ☰ Q6725588 entry
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