3-560: † Balbaridae Hypsiprymnodontidae Macropodidae Potoroidae The Macropodiformes / m æ k r oʊ ˈ p ɒ d ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / , 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. Balbaridae Subfamily indet Subfamily Nambarinae Subfamily Balbarinae Balbaridae
6-423: Is an extinct family of basal Macropodoidea . The synapomorphies are divided into two areas, the dental and cranial . The dental area of this taxa can be described as having the molar lophodont and brachyodont with a hypo lophid formed by lingually displaced component of posthypo cristid and linked to a buccal crest from the entoconid . Molars have a hypo cingulid , first lower molar compressed with
9-416: The "forelink" absent. First incisor with lingual and dorsal enamel ridgelets. The third lower premolar of some taxa have a posterobuccal cusp (cusp at the back close to the cheek). The skull is defined by four shared characteristics, a large sinuses, postorbital lateral constriction of the skull, a hypertrophy of the mastoid processes and no auditory bulla formed by an inflated tympanic wing of
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