Wallabia indra (de Vis, 1895)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Halmaturus indra de Vis, 1895; "Halmaturus" vishnu De Vis, 1895
Bartholomai (1966) designated a lectotype, while Bartholomai (1976) considered W. vishnu a synonym of the Pliocene W. indra, thus greatly extending its geological occurrence.
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Darling Downs (eastern), Queensland (south-eastern), Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: QM F3595 (Louys & Price, 2015:566)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
De Vis, Charles W. (1895). A review of the fossil jaws of the Macropodidae in the Queensland Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 75-133.
Other references:
Bartholomai, A. (1966). The type specimens of some of De Vis' species of Macropodidae. Mem. Qd. Mus. 14:115-125. [designates a lectotype for W. vishnu]
Bartholomai, A. (1976). The genus Wallabia Trouessart (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in the upper Cainozoic deposits of Queensland. Mem. Qd Mus. 17: 375-377.
Louys, Julien and Price, Gilbert J. (2015). The Chinchilla Local Fauna: An exceptionally rich and well-preserved Pliocene vertebrate assemblage from fluviatile deposits of south-eastern Queensland, Australia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(3): 551-572 [566]. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00042.2013
Mahoney, J. A. and Ride, W. D. L. (1975). Index to the genera and species of fossil Mammalia described from Australia and New Guinea between 1838 and 1968. Western Australian Museum Special Publication 6: 1-250.
Marshall, L. G. and Corruccini, R. S. (1978). Variability, evolutionary rates, and allometry in dwarfing lineages. Paleobiology 4: 101-119. [Abstract]
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]
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