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Phalangeridae
Taxonomy
Phalangeridae was named by Thomas (1888). It is extant.
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Lydekker (1894); to Diprotodontia by Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Nowak (1991); to Phalangeriformes by Springer et al. (1994); to Phalangeroidea by Pocock (1921) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Phalangerida by Munemasa et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Lydekker (1894); to Diprotodontia by Flower and Lydekker (1891) and Nowak (1991); to Phalangeriformes by Springer et al. (1994); to Phalangeroidea by Pocock (1921) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Phalangerida by Munemasa et al. (2006).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Phalangistadae Gray p. 308 |
| 1825 | Phalangistina Gray p. 339 |
| 1850 | Phalangistidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
| 1883 | Phalangistidae Flower p. 184 |
| 1888 | Phalangeridae Thomas |
| 1889 | Phalangistidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1891 | Phalangeridae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
| 1894 | Phalangeridae Lydekker p. 258 |
| 1898 | Phalangistidae Gadow p. 40 |
| 1921 | Phalangeridae Pocock p. 607 |
| 1991 | Phalangeridae Nowak |
| 1994 | Phalangeridae Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Phalangeridae McKenna and Bell |
| 2006 | Phalangeridae Munemasa et al. p. 189 |
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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.
Fm. Phalangeridae Thomas 1888
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Subfm. Ailuropinae Flannery et al. 1987
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G. Cercaertus Burmeister 1837
G. †Palaeopetaurus Broom 1896
G. Phalanger Storr 1780 [cuscus]
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Phalanger breviceps Thomas 1888
Phalanger carmelitae Thomas 1898 [mountain cuscus]
Phalanger gymnotis Peters and Doria 1875 [ground cuscus]
Phalanger intercastellanus Thomas 1895 [eastern common cuscus]
Phalanger leucippus Thomas 1898
Phalanger maculatus Geoffroy 1803 [common spotted cuscus]
Phalanger orientalis Pallas 1766 [northern common cuscus]
Phalanger sericeus Thomas 1907 [silky cuscus]
Phalanger vestitus Milne-Edwards 1877 [Steins cuscus]
Invalid names: Balantia Illiger 1811 [synonym], Phalangista Geoffroy and Cuvier 1795 [synonym]
Subfm. Phalangerinae Thomas 1888
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Tr. Trichosurini Flynn 1911
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G. Strigocuscus Gray 1861
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†Strigocuscus celebensis Gray 1853
†Strigocuscus notialis Flannery et al. 1987
†Strigocuscus reidi Flannery and Archer 1987
Invalid names: Trichosuurini Flynn 1911 [empty]
G. Trichosurus Lesson 1828 [brushtail possum]
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†Trichosurus dicksoni Flannery and Archer 1987
†Trichosurus hamiltonensis Flannery et al. 1987
Trichosurus vulpecula Kerr 1792 [common brushtail possum]
Invalid names: Phalangistina Gray 1825 [synonym]
Fm. Phalangistidae Gray 1821
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Clemens 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 28.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (33 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | Phalangeridae indet. (182619) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | Wyulda asherjoeli (182149) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Australia (Queensland) | Trichosurus sp. (183096) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Australia (Queensland) | Strigocuscus reidi, Trichosurus dicksoni (28420) | |
| Tortonian | Australia (Queensland) | Trichosurus sp. (68775) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Trichosurus hamiltonensis, Strigocuscus notialis (135705) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Victoria) | Phalangeridae indet. (70557) Phalangeridae indet., Trichosurus hamiltonensis, Strigocuscus notialis (70556) Trichosurus sp. (70558) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Phalanger sp. (182150) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | Australia (Victoria) | Phalangeridae indet. (70576) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia ( New South Wales) | Trichosurus sp. (182621) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Phalangeridae indet. (70579) Trichosurus sp. (136221) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Trichosurus sp. (138403) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Trichosurus vulpecula (28298 136430) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Trichosurus sp., Trichosurus vulpecula (96015) Trichosurus vulpecula (95899 96019) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Trichosurus rulpecula (182924) | |
| Quaternary | Australia (New South Wales) | Trichosurus vulpecula (181307) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Trichosurus vulpecula (182920 183262 183263) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Trichosurus vulpecula (136072 181314) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Trichosurus vulpecula (182939) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Cercaertus nanus, Palaeopetaurus elegans (182447) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | Trichosurus vulpecula (136172 183085) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Trichosurus vulpecula (21688) | |
| Holocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Trichosurus vulpecula (235090) |