DOI: 10.15468/byaqxv
title: Systematics and palaeobiology of kangaroos of the late Cenozoic genus Protemnodon (Marsupialia, Macropodidae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kerr, Isaac A. R., Camens, Aaron B., Van Zoelen, Jacob D., Worthy, Trevor H., Prideaux, Gavin J. (2024): Systematics and palaeobiology of kangaroos of the late Cenozoic genus Protemnodon (Marsupialia, Macropodidae). Megataxa 11 (1): 1-261, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.11.1.1Abstract ........................................................................................ 3Introduction ................................................................................. 3Materials and methods ............................................................... 5Fossil occurrences (Figs 1 & 2)........................................ 5Taxonomic and ecomorphological methods ..................... 5Phylogenetic methods....................................................... 9Systematic palaeontology ........................................................... 9Protemnodon anak Owen, 1874 ........................................ 10Protemnodon mamkurra sp. nov. ...................................... 59Protemnodon viator sp. nov. ............................................ 100Protemnodon tumbuna Flannery et al., 1983 .................. 141Remarks:....................................................................... 155Protemnodon dawsonae sp. nov ....................................... 156Remarks:....................................................................... 169Protemnodon otibandus Plane, 1967 ............................... 169Remarks:....................................................................... 187Holotypes of P. chinchillaensis and P. devisi ............... 187Identities of P. otibandus and P. chinchillaensis .......... 187Protemnodon snewini Bartholomai, 1978 ....................... 188Remarks:....................................................................... 189Status of other species previously referred to Protemnodon ...... ...................................................................................... 189Australian Pleistocene species...................................... 189Nombe nombe ............................................................... 191Pliocene species............................................................ 193Results ...................................................................................... 194Skeletal dimensions and proportions............................ 194Phylogenetic analysis ................................................... 212Distributions ................................................................. 214Discussion ................................................................................. 217Taxonomic implications ............................................... 217Phylogenetic relationships............................................ 217Diet ............................................................................... 218Neck morphology ......................................................... 218Locomotion................................................................... 218Body size and mass ...................................................... 225Palaeoecology............................................................... 226Conclusion ............................................................................... 228Acknowledgements ................................................................. 229Funding .................................................................................... 229Author contributions .............................................................. 229References ................................................................................ 229Comparative figures ............................................................... 239Additional tables ..................................................................... 249