Bettongia haoucharae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangerida Superfamilia: Macropodoidea

Holotype: WAM 72.12.21, juvenile, sex indet., complete mummified specimen which the skull, dentaries, left fore, and hind limb dissected.
Type locality: “"Blowhole 4km N. of Rawlinna's Shearing Shed, or 60km S. of Rawlinna Siding", Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia”.

Newman-Martin, J., Travouillon, K.J., Warburton, N., Barham, M. & Blyth, A.J. 2025. A taxonomic revision of the Bettongia penicillata (Diprotodontia: Potoroidae) species complex and description of the subfossil species Bettongia haoucharae sp. nov. Zootaxa 5690(1): 1–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5690.1.1 Reference page.