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Burramys
Taxonomy
Burramys was named by Broom (1896). It is extant.
It was assigned to Phalangerinae by Ride (1956); and to Burramyidae by Turner and McKay (1989), Springer et al. (1994), Brammall and Archer (1997) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Phalangerinae by Ride (1956); and to Burramyidae by Turner and McKay (1989), Springer et al. (1994), Brammall and Archer (1997) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1896 | Burramys Broom |
| 1956 | Burramys Ride |
| 1989 | Burramys Turner and McKay |
| 1994 | Burramys Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Burramys Brammall and Archer |
| 1997 | Burramys McKenna and Bell |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Burramys Broom 1896
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†Burramys brutyi Brammall and Archer 1997
Burramys parvus Broom 1896 [mountain pygmy possum]
†Burramys triradiatus Turnbull et al. 1987
†Burramys wakefieldi Pledge 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bassarova et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | B. brutyi (182973) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (South Australia) | B. parvus (13313) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | B. sp. (183096) | |
| Neogene | Australia (Victoria) | B. sp. (182922) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | B. brutyi (68775) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | B. triradiatus (135705) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | B. parvus (181897) |