Propleopus is an extinct genus of marsupials. Three species are known: P. chillagoensis from the Plio-Pleistocene, and P. oscillans and P. wellingtonensis[3] from the Pleistocene. In contrast to most other kangaroos, and similar to their small extant relative, the musky rat-kangaroo, they were probably omnivorous.

The giant rat-kangaroo (Propleopus magnus), also known as the killer kangaroo, is a species of of marsupial that originally lived as three extinct species, Propleopus chillagoensis, Propleopus oscillans, and Propleopus wellingtonensis, and the genus itself …

Jul 15, 2012 · With millions of fossilized mammalian bones discovered in Australia, Propleopus are “known from teeth and jaws attributable to less than 20 individuals.” There are multiple reasons why an animal does not appear with a great amount of frequency in the fossil record.

Propleopus chillagoensis is an extinct species of marsupial, of the genus Propleopus. It was found in new North Queensland, and is related to the musky rat-kangaroo. [1] Propleopus chillagoensis was likely omnivorous.

Jul 14, 2015 · The Giant Rat Kangaroos (Ekaltadeta, Propleopus) were placed in a new subfamily the Propleopinae by Archer and Flannery (1985). The discovery of new Ekaltadeta material from Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland has stimulated a review of propleopine phylogeny.

"Propleopus oscillans seems to have moved on four legs (rather than hopping, like a kangaroo), which suggests that it was probably not quick on its feet but was a capable endurance runner (Ride et al., 1997). The species may have filled an ecological role similar to that of dogs or foxes (although an analogy with bears might be even more ...

Propleopus oscillans One of the rarest and least understood of the extinct Pleistocene marsupials is the giant rat kangaroo, which is known from fewer than 20 individual specimens, most of them...

E. wellingtonensis has been tentatively placed as Proleopus wellingtonensis in more recent revisions of propleopine taxonomy. [3] The name Ekaltadeta is derived from two words in an indigenous language associated with the McDonnell Ranges, combining the words for powerful, ekalta, and eta to describe the "powerful tooth".

Jan 1, 1985 · Revision of the extinct gigantic rat kangaroos (Potoroidae:Marsupialia), with description of a new Miocene genus and species and a new Pleistocene species of Propleopus ( Australia). January 1985...

Article: Towards a biology of Propleopus oscillans (Marsupialia: Propleopinae, Hypsiprymnodontidae)