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Metachirus (brown four-eyed opposum)
Taxonomy
Metachirus was named by Burmeister (1854). It is extant.
It was assigned to Metachirini by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphidae by Palmer (1904) and Ladaveze and Muizon (2010).
It was assigned to Metachirini by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphidae by Palmer (1904) and Ladaveze and Muizon (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Metachirus Burmeister |
| 1904 | Metachirus Palmer p. 880 |
| 1996 | Metachirus Patton et al. p. 4 |
| 2010 | Metachirus Ladaveze and Muizon |
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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. Metachirus Burmeister 1854 [brown four-eyed opposum]
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Metachirus nudicaudatus Geoffroy 1803 [brown four-eyed opossum]
Metachirus nudicaudatus antioquiae Allen 1916
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Holocene | Brazil (Districto Agropecura) | Metachirus nudicaudatus (21687) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Metachirus nudicaudatus (21689) Metachirus sp. (71329) | |
| Holocene | Panama | Metachirus nudicaudatus (21691) |