Procoptodon williamsi Prideaux, 2004
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
It weighed an estimated 150kg (Johnson, 2006:19).
Biology & Ecology
It was a browser or mixed feeder (Johnson, 2006:19).
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Prideaux, Gavin J. (2004). Systematics and evolution of the sthenurine kangaroos. UC Publications in Geological Sciences, University of California Press 146: 1-623.
Other references:
Johnson, Chris N. (2006). Australia's Mammal Extinctions: A 50 000 Year History. Port Melbourne, Victoria: Cambridge University Press. x + 278 pp. [p. 19]