Macropodiformes

suborder of mammals

Macropodiformes is one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. Kangaroos, wallabies and allies, bettongs, potaroos and rat kangaroos are all in this suborder.

Macropodiformes
Temporal range: Oligocene – Recent[1]
Red-necked Wallaby
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Macropodiformes

Ameghino, 1889
Families

Hypsiprymnodontidae
Macropodidae
Potoroidae

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