Propleopus
387387Propleopus (Propleopus oscillans (De Vis, 1888) (type species))
Infraclass: Marsupiala
Order: Australidelphia
Family: Hypsiprymnodontidae
Subfamily: Propleoninae
Temporal range: P. chillagoensis from the Plio-Pleistocene, P. oscillans, and P. wellingtonensis from the Pleistocene. (Australia)
Dimensions:weight - 35-70 kg
A typical representative: Propleopus oscillans
Propleopus oscillans is an extinct marsupial from the Pleistocene. In contrast to most other kangaroos, and similar to its small extant relative, the musky rat-kangaroo, it was probably omnivorous.
Propleopus (Propleopus oscillans (De Vis, 1888) (type species))
Infraclass: Marsupiala
Order: Australidelphia
Family: Hypsiprymnodontidae
Subfamily: Propleoninae
Temporal range: P. chillagoensis from the Plio-Pleistocene, P. oscillans, and P. wellingtonensis from the Pleistocene. (Australia)
Dimensions:weight - 35-70 kg
A typical representative: Propleopus oscillans
Propleopus oscillans is an extinct marsupial from the Pleistocene. In contrast to most other kangaroos, and similar to its small extant relative, the musky rat-kangaroo, it was probably omnivorous.