Australian Museum Journal Generic and specific diagnoses in the gigantic macropodid genus Procoptodon
- Shortform:
- Stirton and Marcus, 1966, Rec. Aust. Mus. 26(16): 349–359
- Author(s):
- Stirton, R. A.; Marcus, Leslie F.
- Year published:
- 1966
- Title:
- Generic and specific diagnoses in the gigantic macropodid genus Procoptodon
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 16
- Start page:
- 349
- End page:
- 359
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.26.1966.684
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 25 May 1966
- Cover date:
- 25 May 1966
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 07 April 2009
- Available online:
- 23 July 2009
- Reference number:
- 684
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (121kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1200kb PDF)
Abstract
A revised diagnosis of the Pleistocene genus Procoptodon is presented. The species also are revised and diagnosed. Numerous diagnostic characters have been found in the patterns and construction of the teeth. Owen's species Procoptodon goliah (Owen), 1846, Procoptodon rapha Owen, 1873, and Procoptodon pusio Owen, 1873, are recognized. As indicated by Owen, 1874, Pachysiagon otuel is a synonym of Procoptodon pusio. All of these are from late Pleistocene faunas. No specimens of Procoptodon are now known from older faunas. It is thought that a common ancestry of Procoptodon and Sthenurus in the Sthenurinae is much farther back in the Tertiary than has been previously assumed.