Protemnodon mamkurra Kerr et al., 2024:59
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene (Kerr et al., 2024:59)
IUCN RedList status: not evaluated
Distribution & Habitat
Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kerr, Isaac A. R., Camens, Aaron B., van Zoelen, Jacob D., Worthy, Trevor H. and Prideaux, Gavin J. (2024). Systematics and palaeobiology of kangaroos of the late Cenozoic genus Protemnodon (Marsupialia, Macropodidae). Megataxa 11(1): 1-261. https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.11.1.1
Other references:
Peters, Carli, Oertle, Annette, Gillespie, Richard, Boivin, Nicole and Douka, Katerina. (2025). Collagen peptide markers for three extinct Australian megafauna species. Front. Mamm. Sci. 4: 1564287. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmamm.2025.1564287
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]