Macropus stirtoni (Marcus, 1976)

Stirton's kangaroo (proposed)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Osphranter stirtoni Marcus, 1976

 

A synonym of Notamacropus agilis agilis (Travouillon et al., 2023, 2024, 2025; Jackson et al., 2024:666)

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym of Notamacropus agilis agilis) (Travouillon et al., 2023, 2024, 2025)

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution & Habitat

Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Marcus, L. F. (1976). The Bingara fauna. A Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Murchison County, New South Wales. Australia. University of California, Publications in Geological Science 114: 1-145.

 

Other references:

Jackson, Stephen M., Travouillon, Kenny J., Beck, Robin, M. D., Archer, Michael, Hand, Suzanne J., Helgen, Kristofer M., Fitzgerald, Erich M. G. and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). An annotated checklist of Australasian fossil mammals. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 48(4): 548-746. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2024.2434062

Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2023). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 2 March 2025]

Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2024). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 24 November 2024]

Travouillon, Kenny J., Jackson, Stephen, Beck, Robin M. D., Louys, Julien, Cramb, Jonathan, Gillespie, Anna, Black, Karen, Hand, Suzanne, Archer, Michael, Kear, Benjamin, Hocknull, Scott, Phillips, Matthew, McDowell, Matthew, Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., Brewer, Phillipa and Price, Gilbert J. (2025). Checklist of the Fossil Mammal Species of Australia and New Guinea. Available from: https://www.australasianpalaeontologists.com/national-fossil-species-lists [Accessed 1 March 2025]

http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=162532

 

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