Macropodiformes

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title: "Macropodiformes" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["diprotodonts", "extant-chattian-first-appearances"] description: "Suborder of marsupials" topic_path: "general/diprotodonts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macropodiformes" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Suborder of marsupials ::

| name = Macropods | fossil_range = | image = Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus Bruny.jpg | image_caption = Red-necked wallaby | taxon = Macropodiformes | authority = Ameghino, 1889 | subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies | subdivision = Macropodoidea

• Balbaridae
• Hypsiprymnodontidae
• Macropodidae
• Potoroidae

The Macropodiformes (), also known as macropods, are one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. They may in fact be nested within one of the suborders, Phalangeriformes. Kangaroos, wallabies and allies, bettongs, potoroos and rat kangaroos are all members of this suborder.

Classification

• Superfamily Macropodoidea
  • Family †Balbaridae: (basal quadrupedal kangaroos)
    • Genus †Galanarla
    • Genus †Nambaroo
    • Genus †Wururoo
    • Genus †Ganawamaya
    • Genus †Balbaroo
  • Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: (musky rat-kangaroo)
    • Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae
      • Genus Hypsiprymnodon
        • Musky rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
        • †Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii
        • †Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri
        • †Hypsiprymnodon dennisi
        • †Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae
    • Subfamily †Propleopinae
      • Genus †Ekaltadeta
        • †Ekaltadeta ima
        • †Ekaltadeta jamiemulveneyi
      • Genus †Propleopus
        • †Propleopus oscillans
        • †Propleopus chillagoensis
        • †Propleopus wellingtonensis
      • Genus †Jackmahoneyi
        • †Jackmahoneyi toxoniensis
  • Family Potoroidae: (bettongs, potoroos, and rat-kangaroos)
    • Genus Wakiewakie
    • Genus Purtia
    • Genus ?†Palaeopotorous
    • Genus †Gumardee
    • Genus †Milliyowi
    • Genus †Ngamaroo
    • Subfamily Potoroinae
      • Genus Aepyprymnus
        • Rufous rat-kangaroo, Aepyprymnus rufescens
      • Genus Bettongia
        • Eastern bettong, Bettongia gaimardi
        • Boodie, Bettongia lesueur
        • Woylie, Bettongia penicillata
        • Northern bettong, Bettongia tropica
        • †Bettongia moyesi
      • Genus †Caloprymnus
        • †Desert rat-kangaroo, Caloprymnus campestris
      • Genus Potorous
        • Long-footed potoroo, Potorous longipes
        • †Broad-faced potoroo, Potorous platyops
        • Long-nosed potoroo, Potorous tridactylus
        • Gilbert's potoroo, Potorous gilbertii
  • Family Macropodidae: (kangaroos, wallabies and allies)
    • Genus †Wabularoo
    • Genus †Bulungamaya
    • Genus Ganguroo
    • Genus Cookeroo
    • Genus †Watutia
  • Subfamily Lagostrophinae
    • Genus Lagostrophus
      • Banded hare-wallaby, Lagostrophus fasciatus
    • Genus †Troposodon
  • Subfamily †Sthenurinae
    • Genus †Wanburoo
    • Genus †Rhizosthenurus
    • Genus Hadronomas
    • Tribe Sthenurini
      • Genus †Sthenurus
      • Genus Eosthenurus
    • Genus Metasthenurus
    • Tribe Simosthenurini
      • Genus Archaeosimos
      • Genus Simosthenurus
      • Genus †Procoptodon
  • Subfamily Macropodinae
    • Genus †Dorcopsoides
    • Genus †Kurrabi
    • Genus †Prionotemnus
    • Genus †Congruus
    • Genus Protemnodon
    • Genus †Baringa
    • Genus †Bohra
    • Genus †Synaptodon
    • Genus †Fissuridon
    • Genus †Silvaroo
    • Genus Dendrolagus: tree-kangaroos
    • Genus Dorcopsis: forest wallabies
    • Genus Dorcopsulus
    • Genus Lagorchestes: hare-wallabies
    • Genus Macropus
    • Genus Onychogalea
    • Genus Petrogale: rock-wallabies
    • Genus Setonix
    • Genus Thylogale
    • Genus Wallabia

References

References

1. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40140 The Paleobiology Database]
2. (2019-05-23). "An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria)". Journal of Mammalogy.
3. "Phalangeriformes". Mikos Taxonomy.
4. (2014). "Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
5. (2007). "A new fossil kangaroo from the Oligocene-Miocene Etadunna Formation of Ngama Quarry, Lake Palankarinna, South Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology.
6. (2010). "An osteology-based appraisal of the phylogeny and evolution of kangaroos and wallabies (Macropodidae: Marsupialia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

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