Macropus titan is an extinct species from the genus of gigantic kangaroos of the kangaroo family , whose fossil remains were found in New South Wales in Australia , in Pleistocene sediments [1] .
| † Macropus titan |
Fragment of the lower jaw
( Berlin Museum of Natural History ) |
| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Squad: | Two-tailed marsupials |
| Suborder : | Macropodiformes |
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| International scientific name |
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Macropus titan ( Owen , 1838 ) |
| Synonyms |
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Macropus giganteus titan
Macropus magister (De Vis, 1894 ) |
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Some modern taxonomists consider Macropus titan a subspecies of the existing giant kangaroo ( Macropus giganteus titan ).
