""'Macropus pearsoni " "'is an extinct Australian vertebrate species belonging to the family Macropodidae, and the same genus " Macropus " as extant kangaroos . " M . pearsoni " lived during the Pleistocene.
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In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus " Macropus " : the red kangaroo, antilopine kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo, and western grey kangaroo . < !-- [ not about Macropodidae ! ? ] The family also includes many smaller species which include the Australia.
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During the sinking of the well in the 1870s several large fossilised bones were recovered and were sent to the Australian Museum, some of which were later sent to Sir Richard Owen who identified the fossils as belonging to different genus of Diprotodon, Euowenia, Nototherium, Genyornis, various Macropodidae, Megalania and at least one genus of crocodile ( Pallimnarchus ).
