Wallabia vishnu De Vis, 1895

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: "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 or Invalid (synonym of W. indra) (Bartholomai, 1976; Travouillon et al., 2024)

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Darling Downs (eastern), Queensland (south-eastern), Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

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. [i]Mem. Qd. Mus.[/i] [b]14[/b]: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.

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. (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]

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