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Dorcopsis (New Guinea forest wallaby)
Taxonomy
Dorcopsis was named by Schlegel and Müller (1845). It is extant. Its type is Didelphis brunii.
It was assigned to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Flannery et al. (1989), Burk et al. (1998) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Macropodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Flannery et al. (1989), Burk et al. (1998) and Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1845 | Dorcopsis Schlegel and Müller |
1989 | Dorcopsis Flannery et al. |
1997 | Dorcopsis McKenna and Bell |
1998 | Dorcopsis Burk et al. p. 466 |
2005 | Dorcopsis Wilson and Reeder |
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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. Dorcopsis Schlegel and Müller 1845 [New Guinea forest wallaby]
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Dorcopsis atrata Van Deusen 1957 [Black dorcopsis]
Dorcopsis hageni Heller 1897 [White-striped dorcopsis]
Dorcopsis luctuosa D'Albertis 1874 [Grey dorcopsis]
Dorcopsis muelleri Lesson 1827 [Brown dorcopsis]
Dorcopsis veterum Lesson and Garnot 1826
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Bassarova et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (4 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Neogene | Australia (Victoria) | Dorcopsis sp. (182922) | |
Messinian - Piacenzian | Australia (South Australia) | Dorcopsis sp. (50343) | |
Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Dorcopsis wintercookorum (70556) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Papua New Guinea (Morobe) | Dorcopsis sp. (36266) |