Diprotodontia

Macropus rufus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diprotodontia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia

‎Classis: Mammalia
Cohors: Marsupialia
Cladus: Eomarsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordines: Macropodiformes – Phalangeriformes – Vombatiformes
Familiae incertae sedis: †Palorchestidae – †Thylacoleonidae – †Wynyardiidae

Conspectus familiarum

Acrobatidae – Burramyidae – Hypsiprymnodontidae – Macropodidae – Petauridae – Phalangeridae – Phascolarctidae – Potoroidae – Pseudocheiridae – Tarsipedidae – Vombatidae – †Ektopodontidae – †Balbaridae – †Maradidae – †Miminipossumidae – †Miralinidae – †Palorchestidae – †Pilkipildridae – †Thylacoleonidae – †Wynyardiidae

Name

Diprotodontia Owen, 1877: 107

Synonymy

• Phalangeriformes

References

Primary references

• Owen, R. 1877. Researches on the fossil remains of the extinct mammals of Australia; with a notice of the extinct marsupials of England. J. Erxleben: London. Volume 1: xv + 522 pp. BHL; Volume 2: plates. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Aplin, K.P. & Archer, M. 1987. Recent advances in marsupial systematics with a new syncretic classification. pp. xv–lxi In: Archer, M. (ed.). Possums and Opposums: Studies in Evolution. Surrey Beatty & Sons: Sydney. ISBN 9780949324054 Reference page. 
• Groves, C.P. 1993. Order Diprotodontia. Pp. 45–62 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-56098-217-3. Reference page. 
• McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page. 
• Groves, C.P. 2005. Order Diprotodontia. Pp. 43–70 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Meredith, R.W., Westerman, M. & Springer, M.S. 2009. A phylogeny of Diprotodontia (Marsupialia) based on sequences for five nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 51(3): 554–571. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.02.009 Reference page. 
• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

български: Двурезцови торбести
català: Diprotodonts
čeština: Dvojitozubci
español: Diprotodontos
Nordfriisk: Kläämpöösdiarten
magyar: Kúszóerszényes-alakúak
日本語: カンガルー目
ქართული: ორმჭრელიანი ჩანთოსნები
한국어: 캥거루목
Limburgs: Snijtandege
македонски: Двопреднозаби
Nederlands: Klimbuideldieren
occitan: Diprotodontes
polski: Dwuprzodozębowce
português: Diprotodontes
русский: Двурезцовые
Türkçe: İki ön dişliler
українська: Дворізцеві

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