Macropus pearsoni

Macropus pearsoni Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Macropus
Species:	†M. pearsoni
Binomial name
†Macropus pearsoni (Bartholomai, 1971)[1]
Synonyms
Fissuridon pearsoni

Macropus pearsoni is an extinct Australian vertebrate species belonging to the family Macropodidae, and is in the same genus (Macropus) as extant kangaroos. M. pearsoni lived during the Pleistocene. It is known from fossil mandibles collected from Pleistocene beds from the Darling Downs in New South Wales, Lake Kanunka in northeastern South Australia, and the Cape York Peninsula.^[2] it reached a size similar to Macropus titan, which is a mass of 150 kg.^[3]

1. ^ Bartholomai, Alan (1973). "Fissuridon pearsoni, a new fossil macropodid (Marsupialia) from Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 16 (3): 365–368.
2. ^ Australian Mammal Society (1982). Australian Mammal Society. Australian Mammal Society. p. 264.
3. ^ Janis, Christine M.; Buttrill, Karalyn; Figueirido, Borja (15 October 2014). "Locomotion in Extinct Giant Kangaroos: Were Sthenurines Hop-Less Monsters?". PLOS ONE. 9 (10): e109888. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j9888J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109888. PMC 4198187. PMID 25333823.

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