Protemnodon viator Kerr et al., 2024:100
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene (Kerr et al., 2024:100)
IUCN RedList status: not evaluated
Distribution & Habitat
Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Body mass estimate: 97kg (Laurikainen Gaete et al., 2025)
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:
Laurikainen Gaete, Christopher, Dosseto, Anthony, Arnold, Lee, Demuro, Martina, Lewis, Richard and Hocknull, Scott. (2025). Megafauna mobility: Assessing the foraging range of an extinct macropodid from central eastern Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE 20(4): e0319712. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319712
Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]
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]