Macropus rama Bartholomai, 1975
Mountain kangaroo
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: QM F4773 (partial skull)
Type locality: King Creek, Pilton, Queensland, Australia
Other specimens:
F47115 (Dawson, 1985:67)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bartholomai, A. (1975). The genus Macropus Shaw (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in the upper Cainozoic deposits of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17(2): 195-235.
Other references:
Dawson, Lyndall. (1985). Marsupial fossils from Wellington Caves, New South Wales; the historic and scientific significance of the collections in the Australia Museum, Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 37(2): 55-69.
Paleobiology Database. (2012). Macropus rama Bartholomai 1975. Available at: http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=162559 [Accessed 4-8-2012]