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Status of other species previously referred to
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF50D589FCA2736CFB47F8A9" bold="true" box="[810,1175,1834,1861]" italics="true" pageId="188" pageNumber="189">Australian Pleistocene species</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF50D589FB4B7329FA8BF868" box="[1219,1371,1903,1924]" italics="true" pageId="188" pageNumber="189">Trans. Roy. Soc</emphasis>
. 164, p. 272—
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF50D589FC1373C9FBF9F84F" box="[923,1065,1934,1956]" italics="true" pageId="188" pageNumber="189">nomen dubium</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF50D589FCA273E8FC24F828" box="[810,1012,1966,1988]" italics="true" pageId="188" pageNumber="189">Protemnodon mimas</emphasis>
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. 164, p. 278—
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164, p. 281—
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FF00710AFECDFA89" bold="true" box="[136,285,1356,1381]" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">FIGURE 108.</emphasis>
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) type specimens for species of
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35968; (d)
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43351; and (e) the lectotype of
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43303a, partial maxillae and palate in occlusal view.
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Researches on the fossil remains of the extinct mammals of
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. 1, p. 448—
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FDDE7229FD34F96F" box="[598,740,1646,1668]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">nomen dubium</emphasis>
.
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This section discusses the taxonomic history and status of the remaining species of
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described by
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,
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), including justification for the designation of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FF20734DFE71F8C9" box="[168,417,1803,1829]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">Protemnodon roechus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FE53734AFD93F8C9" box="[475,579,1803,1829]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">P. brehus</emphasis>
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as
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and for the erection of two
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from the Australian Pleistocene. For reference, all of the
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and
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for
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,
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) six species of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FF0073CDFECFF849" box="[136,287,1931,1957]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">Protemnodon</emphasis>
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are figured here (
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). Note that, as per ICZN Article 61, the
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specimen (
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the name-bearing type) is the sole specimen that provides the diagnostic features of the
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—the type (not the type series,
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, nor referred specimens) provides the objective standard of reference for the application of the name it bears (ICZN 1999).A loss of the utility of a
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is the criterion for status as
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, although the
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FCA272CAFCA5F949" box="[810,885,1676,1701]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">nomen</emphasis>
remains valid and available.
</paragraph>
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The following is an extract from the redescription of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FCC0728AFC6CF909" box="[840,956,1739,1765]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">P. roechus</emphasis>
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from
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, where the dental morphology of the species was contrasted with that of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FCC7734AFC78F8C9" box="[847,936,1803,1829]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">P. anak</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FC64734AFB8AF8C9" box="[1004,1114,1803,1829]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">P. brehus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: [
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FB0B734DFACCF8C9" box="[1155,1308,1803,1829]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">Protemnodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
]
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FABA734DFA5AF8C9" box="[1330,1418,1803,1829]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">roechus</emphasis>
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is distinguished from other known species of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF51D588FA9A736DFA7BF8A9" box="[1298,1451,1835,1861]" italics="true" pageId="189" pageNumber="190">Protemnodon</emphasis>
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by both its extreme size and generally distinct morphology. In particular, the relatively less ornamented nature of its permanent lower premolar, the broadly rounded, swollen condition of the posterior crown bases of the lower molars, the non-vertical transecting ridges of the permanent upper premolars, the crescentic shape of this tooth in occlusal view and the generally marked tuberculation of the lingual extremity of the median valley in the upper molars are all useful in the morphological separation of the species. Overlap in size does occur with
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFD1074AAFCD3FEE9" box="[664,771,235,261]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. brehus</emphasis>
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, but by applying a combination of the characters available separation of the species is achieved (
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, p. 346).
</paragraph>
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Nevertheless, the distinction as made by
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is in fact not so clear. For a variety of reasons,
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFD7D75CAFF03FE29" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. brehus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFE8375EAFEAFFE29" box="[267,383,427,453]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have never been clearly delimited. The
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specimen for
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFD80758AFD50FE09" box="[520,640,459,485]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. brehus</emphasis>
, NHMUK PVOR
</taxonomicName>
43303a, is a partial palate containing left M3M4 and right M2M4. However, the
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specimen for
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFF3B766AFEFAFDA9" box="[179,298,555,581]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
, NHMUK PVOR
</taxonomicName>
35968, is a left dentary fragment containing heavily worn p3m3, and as such the
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have no shared features for direct comparison. Three of the five characteristics stated by
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as distinguishing
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFE2576EAFDF5FD29" box="[429,549,683,709]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from other species of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFF26768DFE95FD09" box="[174,325,715,741]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">Protemnodon</emphasis>
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are in the upper cheek teeth, which are not preserved in the
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of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFDA776AAFD75FCE9" box="[559,677,747,773]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the
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of neither species preserves a P3. The results of our analyses and the morphological comparisons of the material of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFE87770DFE76FC89" box="[271,422,843,869]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">Protemnodon</emphasis>
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from across
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indicate that the characteristics described above do not distinguish two distinct morphotypes, but instead describe features that vary continuously within the sample.
</paragraph>
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The statement by
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, p. 346) that specimens of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFEA377AAFE73FBE9" box="[299,419,1003,1029]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
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are characterised by “extreme size” that differentiates them from those of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFD0C704AFD3DFBC9" box="[644,749,1035,1061]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. brehus</emphasis>
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is not well-supported by the data presented in that paper (
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, fig. 9), which show almost identical mean dimensions for the lower dentition, nor by the data presented here (See
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). The crescentic shape of the P3 varies greatly within the sample of Pleistocene P3s not attributable to
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFE0D708AFE06FB09" box="[389,470,1227,1253]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. anak</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). The description of the relatively less-ornamented nature of its [p3] most probably refers to the narrow, roughly dorsoventrally orientated ridgelets on the lingual and buccal faces of the p3. These ridgelets, when numerous and thin but distinct, are diagnostic of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFEC4712AFE4EFA69" box="[332,414,1387,1413]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. anak</emphasis>
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, and are less numerous and less distinct in other Pleistocene Australian material of species of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFF2371EDFE92FA29" box="[171,322,1451,1477]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">Protemnodon</emphasis>
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. No discrete difference in the number or size of these ridgelets is discernible in the sample of Pleistocene Australian material when excluding that of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFD7D71AAFF6EF9C9" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. anak</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. These ridgelets disappear almost completely with a moderate degree of wear, and so in older and thus often skeletally larger individuals with a greater degree of dental wear, the premolar appears increasingly less ornamented. It is possible that this biased
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morphological analysis by causing larger individuals,
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFD6F72EAFCDAF929" box="[743,778,1708,1733]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">i.e.</emphasis>
those more likely to be assigned to
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFD89728AFDA2F909" box="[513,626,1739,1765]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, to seemingly possess p3s with fewer, less raised vertical ridgelets.
</paragraph>
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The condition of rounded, swollen posterior lophid bases is present in various lower molar specimens of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFF00730DFECFF889" box="[136,287,1867,1893]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">Protemnodon</emphasis>
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from the Pleistocene, including individuals of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFF21732AFF2DF869" box="[169,253,1899,1925]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. anak</emphasis>
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, rather than solely individuals allocated to
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFD7D732AFF30F849" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
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. This condition is seen in molars with residual postcingulids and very occasionally in large molars with fully developed postcingulids (as in the
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of
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, NHMUKPV OR
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43351).
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Our extensive survey of fossils of species of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFCA274EDFC11FF29" box="[810,961,171,197]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">Protemnodon</emphasis>
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from the Australian Pleistocene has revealed that there are indeed two Australian Pleistocene morphotypes of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC7974ADFB58FEE9" box="[1009,1160,235,261]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">Protemnodon</emphasis>
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aside from
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFAAD74AAFAAEFEE9" box="[1317,1406,235,261]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. anak</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFA1F74AAFC4FFEC9" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. mamkurra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFBBE754AFB45FEC9" box="[1078,1173,268,293]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. viator</emphasis>
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); however, they are primarily distinguishable on postcranial features. Neither can be delimited based on either the upper or lower cheek dentition and they have similar size ranges. As illustrated in
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, any divide in terms of dental dimensions between the
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material of
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and
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFBC4758AFB60FE09" box="[1100,1200,460,485]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. viator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is filled by isolated dental or craniodental specimens allocated to
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFA1F75AAFC4FFDC9" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. mamkurra</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFBAA764AFBB5FDC9" box="[1058,1125,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">viator</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
These specimens do not cluster in any distinct groups, but rather are spread between and around the groupings of
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFB62760AFAAFFD89" box="[1258,1407,587,613]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. mamkurra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFA02760DFC8BFD69" bold="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20B5782FF52D58BFA02760DFC8BFD69" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC1B762AFC22FD69" box="[915,1010,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. viator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC71762DFB84FD69" bold="true" box="[1017,1108,619,645]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20B5782FF52D58BFC71762DFB84FD69" box="[1017,1108,619,645]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
specimens. This demonstrates the inefficacy of diagnosing these two taxa based on the few small differences in dental dimension groupings, as these do not serve to delimit with any confidence the many remaining fragmentary specimens.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF336EBFF52D58BFCD2774DFBF9FC09" blockId="190.[810,1452,171,1509]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">
Because the
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of neither
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFB63774AFA88FCC9" box="[1259,1368,779,805]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brehus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFB63774AFA88FCC9" box="[1259,1368,779,805]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. brehus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
nor
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFA1F774AFC52FCA9" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roechus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFA1F774AFC52FCA9" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be unambiguously associated with either one of the two Pleistocene forms identifiable on the basis of partial and complete skeletons, neither nomina can be used to describe the taxa observed. We therefore recognise
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFC1577EAFB7BFC29" authority="(Owen, 1874)" baseAuthorityName="Owen" baseAuthorityYear="1874" box="[925,1195,939,965]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brehus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC1577EAFBD5FC29" box="[925,1029,939,965]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. brehus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFDD4B1AFF52D58BFB9E77EDFB73FC29" author="Owen, R." box="[1046,1187,939,965]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" pagination="245 - 288" refId="ref152824" refString="Owen, R. (1874) On the fossil mammals of Australia, Part VIII. Family Macropodidae: genera Macropus, Osphranter, Phascolagus, Sthenurus and Protemnodon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 164, 245 - 288. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rstl. 1874.0008" type="journal article" year="1874">Owen, 1874</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFB6C77EAFCB2FC09" authority="Owen, 1874" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1874" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roechus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFB6C77EAFA89FC29" box="[1252,1369,939,965]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDD4B1AFF52D58BFAE977EDFCB2FC09" author="Owen, R." pageId="190" pageNumber="191" pagination="245 - 288" refId="ref152824" refString="Owen, R. (1874) On the fossil mammals of Australia, Part VIII. Family Macropodidae: genera Macropus, Osphranter, Phascolagus, Sthenurus and Protemnodon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 164, 245 - 288. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rstl. 1874.0008" type="journal article" year="1874">Owen, 1874</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
as
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC0F778AFBF2FC09" box="[903,1058,971,997]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">nomina dubia</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF336EBFF52D58BFCD277ADFA47FA09" blockId="190.[810,1452,171,1509]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">
This leaves
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<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC7377AAFBBEFBE9" box="[1019,1134,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. mimas</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDD4B1AFF52D58BFB0B77ADFACCFBE9" author="Owen, R." box="[1155,1308,1003,1029]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" pagination="245 - 288" refId="ref152824" refString="Owen, R. (1874) On the fossil mammals of Australia, Part VIII. Family Macropodidae: genera Macropus, Osphranter, Phascolagus, Sthenurus and Protemnodon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 164, 245 - 288. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rstl. 1874.0008" type="journal article" year="1874">Owen, 1874</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, previously synonymised with
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFC75704AFBB4FBC9" baseAuthorityName="Owen" baseAuthorityYear="1874" box="[1021,1124,1035,1061]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brehus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC75704AFBB4FBC9" box="[1021,1124,1035,1061]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. brehus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFB2A704AFA77FBC9" authority="Owen, 1877" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1877" box="[1186,1447,1035,1061]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antaeus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFB2A704AFAC4FBC9" box="[1186,1300,1036,1061]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. antaeus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDD4B1AFF52D58BFA93704DFA77FBC9" author="Owen, R." box="[1307,1447,1035,1061]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" refId="ref152945" refString="Owen, R. (1877) Researches on the fossil remains of the extinct mammals of Australia; with a notice of the extinct marsupials of England. 1. J. Erxleben, London, 522 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 77375" type="book" year="1877">Owen, 1877</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, previously synonymised with
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFB00706AFAD0FBA9" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1874" box="[1160,1280,1067,1093]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roechus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFB00706AFAD0FBA9" box="[1160,1280,1067,1093]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFDD4B1AFF52D58BFA9A706DFA7BFBA9" author="Owen, R." box="[1298,1451,1067,1093]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" pagination="245 - 288" refId="ref152824" refString="Owen, R. (1874) On the fossil mammals of Australia, Part VIII. Family Macropodidae: genera Macropus, Osphranter, Phascolagus, Sthenurus and Protemnodon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 164, 245 - 288. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rstl. 1874.0008" type="journal article" year="1874">Owen (1874)</bibRefCitation>
observed that
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFC4D700AFBE6FB89" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1877" box="[965,1078,1100,1125]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antaeus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC4D700AFBE6FB89" box="[965,1078,1100,1125]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. antaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differed from
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFB5F700AFAEAFB89" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1874" box="[1239,1338,1100,1125]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mimas">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFB5F700AFAEAFB89" box="[1239,1338,1100,1125]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. mimas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its lack of a postcingulid and in having a larger p3 relative to its molars, and from
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFC7070CAFBBEFB49" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1874" box="[1016,1134,1163,1189]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roechus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC7070CAFBBEFB49" box="[1016,1134,1163,1189]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in being smaller. However, because these traits and proportions vary within species (
<figureCitation id="13772A6EFF52D58BFCBA708DFC42FB09" box="[818,914,1227,1253]" captionStart="FIGURE 121" captionStartId="200.[136,235,2028,2052]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,1160,2002]" captionTargetId="figure-67@200.[151,1436,1153,2009]" captionTargetPageId="200" captionText="FIGURE 121. boxplot of p3 length divided by m3 length in specimens of P. anak, P. mamkurra sp. nov., P. viator sp. nov., P. dawsonae sp. nov., P. snewini, P. otibandus, P. tumbuna, and four extrageneric taxa." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10994038" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10994038/files/figure.png" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">Fig. 121</figureCitation>
) (see also
<bibRefCitation id="EFDD4B1AFF52D58BFB83708DFB09FB09" author="Bartholomai, A." box="[1035,1241,1227,1253]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" pagination="309 - 363" refId="ref143087" refString="Bartholomai, A. (1973) The genus Protemnodon Owen (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in the Upper Cainozoic deposits of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 16 (3), 309 - 363." type="journal article" year="1973">Bartholomai 1973</bibRefCitation>
, p. 346) to a much greater degree than separates the
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of
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFABA70AAFA74FAE9" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1877" box="[1330,1444,1260,1285]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antaeus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFABA70AAFA74FAE9" box="[1330,1444,1260,1285]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. antaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFCA2714AFC42FAC9" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1874" box="[810,914,1292,1317]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mimas">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFCA2714AFC42FAC9" box="[810,914,1292,1317]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. mimas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFC58714AFB97FAC9" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1874" box="[976,1095,1291,1317]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="roechus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC58714AFB97FAC9" box="[976,1095,1291,1317]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. roechus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and because the
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of
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFCA2716AFC40FAA9" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1874" box="[810,912,1324,1349]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mimas">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFCA2716AFC40FAA9" box="[810,912,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. mimas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFC44716AFB90FAA9" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1877" box="[972,1088,1324,1349]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antaeus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC44716AFB90FAA9" box="[972,1088,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. antaeus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, both partial left dentaries with p3m4 with moderate wear (NHMUK PVOR43351 and NHMUK PVM2258, respectively), cannot be unambiguously associated with either
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFB6171CAFAAFFA49" authority="Kerr &amp; Camens &amp; Van Zoelen &amp; Worthy &amp; Prideaux, 2024" authorityName="Kerr &amp; Camens &amp; Van Zoelen &amp; Worthy &amp; Prideaux" authorityYear="2024" box="[1257,1407,1419,1445]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mamkurra" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFB6171CAFAAFFA49" box="[1257,1407,1419,1445]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. mamkurra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFA0271CDFC8BFA29" bold="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20B5782FF52D58BFA0271CDFC8BFA29" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
or
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFC0E71EAFC37FA29" authority="Kerr &amp; Camens &amp; Van Zoelen &amp; Worthy &amp; Prideaux, 2024" authorityName="Kerr &amp; Camens &amp; Van Zoelen &amp; Worthy &amp; Prideaux" authorityYear="2024" box="[902,999,1452,1477]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="viator" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC0E71EAFC37FA29" box="[902,999,1452,1477]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. viator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFC7971EDFB9DFA29" bold="true" box="[1009,1101,1451,1477]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20B5782FF52D58BFC7971EDFB9DFA29" box="[1009,1101,1451,1477]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFBD671EAFA8BFA29" authority="Owen, 1874" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1874" box="[1118,1371,1451,1477]" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mimas">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFBD671EAFB15FA29" box="[1118,1221,1452,1477]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. mimas</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDD4B1AFF52D58BFB4771EDFA8BFA29" author="Owen, R." box="[1231,1371,1451,1477]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" pagination="245 - 288" refId="ref152824" refString="Owen, R. (1874) On the fossil mammals of Australia, Part VIII. Family Macropodidae: genera Macropus, Osphranter, Phascolagus, Sthenurus and Protemnodon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 164, 245 - 288. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rstl. 1874.0008" type="journal article" year="1874">Owen, 1874</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C4C4D68FF52D58BFA1F71EAFBC1FA09" authority="Owen, 1877" authorityName="Owen" authorityYear="1877" class="Mammalia" family="Macropodidae" genus="Protemnodon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diprotodontia" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antaeus">
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFA1F71EAFC51FA09" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">P. antaeus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDD4B1AFF52D58BFC00718DFBC1FA09" author="Owen, R." box="[904,1041,1483,1509]" pageId="190" pageNumber="191" refId="ref152945" refString="Owen, R. (1877) Researches on the fossil remains of the extinct mammals of Australia; with a notice of the extinct marsupials of England. 1. J. Erxleben, London, 522 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 77375" type="book" year="1877">Owen, 1877</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
are also considered
<emphasis id="B938EAF9FF52D58BFB7D718AFA40FA09" box="[1269,1424,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="190" pageNumber="191">nomina dubia</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
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