Dendrolagina, Prideaux & Warburton, 2023

Prideaux, Gavin J. & Warburton, Natalie M., 2023, A review of the late Cenozoic genus Bohra (Diprotodontia: Macropodidae) and the evolution of tree-kangaroos, Zootaxa 5299 (1), pp. 1-95 : 11

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5299.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CA85AEC-7128-4118-A50D-FCD16502F5E0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8017914

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C24E22-F613-5602-FF01-C619C754F75F

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Plazi

scientific name

Dendrolagina
status

subtrib. nov.

Dendrolagina subtribe nov.

Included genera. Bohra Flannery & Szalay, 1982 ; Dendrolagus Müller, 1840 (tree-kangaroos).

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other members of the Dendrolagini by the following combination of skeletal features: robust cranial rostrum; broader than deep occiput; absence of large palatal fenestrae; slightly broadened I1; broad lingual cingulum on P3; low-crowned molars; fine, low postprotocrista on upper molars; masseteric canal extends to posterior cheek teeth and separate from dental canal; posterobuccal eminence on main crest of p3; rectus femoris origin positioned immediately adjacent to acetabular rim; short, broad iliopubic process; medially displaced quadratus femoris scar; short, broad calcaneus with posteromedially expanded, dorsoventrally compressed tuber calcanei; large, medially expanded sustentaculum tali, extending far beyond the medial margin of the articular facets; relatively large, transversely broad calcaneotalar articulation, marked medial taper of lateral talar facet on calcaneus; laterally extended tubercle for calcaneofibular ligaments; relatively broad calcaneocuboid articulation; transversely broad, short, dorsoventrally compressed talus with shallow trochlea; relatively short, transversely broad, dorsoventrally compressed metatarsals IV and V.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Diprotodontia

Family

Macropodidae

Tribe

Dendrolagini

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